stickleback

n. 刺鱼

词形变化

sticklebacks 复数 sticklebacks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

词汇关系

名词

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prickleback

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acanthopterygian

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three-spined stickleback

相关短语

threespine stickleback three-spine stickleback three-spined stickleback 三刺鱼

词源

From dialectal stickle (“a prickle, spine, sting”), from Old English sticel + bæc. See stick (transitive verb) and compare banstickle.

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