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| stick·le·back [ stík'l bàk ] (plural stick·le·backs or stick·le·back) |
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small spiny fish: a small spiny-backed fish found in both salt and fresh water that has distinctive nest-building and courtship behavior. Family Gasterosteidae.
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| [15th century. < Old English sticel "thorn, sting" < Germanic] |
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