HyperDic: gasterosteus_pungitius

English > 1 sense of the expression Gasterosteus pungitius:
NOUNanimalGasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined sticklebackconfined to rivers
English > Gasterosteus pungitius: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningConfined to rivers.
Synonymten-spined stickleback
Member ofGasterosteus, genus gasterosteustype genus of the family Gasterosteidae
Broaderstickleback, pricklebacksmall (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship

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