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three-spined stickleback
DEFINITIONS OF:
three-spined stickleback
1
n
of rivers and coastal regions
Synonyms:
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Type of:
prickleback
,
stickleback
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
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