stickleback

English - Turkish

Definition of stickleback in English Turkish dictionary: dikenli balık; (isim) dikenli balık; dikenli balıkgiller
southern ninespine stickleback: (Denizbilim) uzundikence balığı

English - English

Definition of stickleback in English English dictionary: Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests; {n} a small fish of several species; small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research; A stickleback is a small fish which has sharp points along its back. Any of about 12 species (family Gasterosteidae) of slender, scaleless fishes inhabiting temperate fresh and salt waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Sticklebacks grow to 6 in. (15 cm) long. They have a row of spines on the back, in front of a soft-rayed dorsal fin, and a sharp spine in each of the pelvic fins. They also have a slender tail base, a squared tail, and hard armour plates on their sides. The male builds a nest of plant materials and coaxes one or more females into it to lay eggs, fertilizes the eggs in the nest, and aggressively defends eggs and young; They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests; The back is armed with two or more sharp spines; Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera; Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback
threespine stickleback: Gasterosteus aculeatus, an endangered species of European stickleback
A stickleback: sharpling
The stickleback: prickleback
The stickleback: pricklefish
sticklebacks: gasterosteidae
ten-spined stickleback: confined to rivers
three-spined stickleback: of rivers and coastal regions