HyperDic: family_gasterosteidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Gasterosteidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidaesticklebacks
English > family Gasterosteidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsticklebacks.
SynonymGasterosteidae
Member ofSolenichthyes, order Solenichthyesbellows fishes
MembersGasterosteus, genus gasterosteustype genus of the family Gasterosteidae
stickleback, pricklebacksmall (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship
Broaderfish familyAny of various families of fish
Spanishfamilia Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteidae, gasterosteídos
CatalanGasterosteidae, Gasterosteid, gasterosteïds

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