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prickleback

prickleback noun: any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.

Noun

prickleback (plural pricklebacks)

  1. Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
  2. A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

prickleback meaning in Tamil

prickleback in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of prickleback

pluralpricklebacks

Origin of prickleback

From prickle + back.

Words formed from prickleback

Questions about prickleback

What does prickleback mean?
Prickleback means any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
What is prickleback in Tamil?
Prickleback in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Prickleback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prickleback?
Prickleback is a noun.
What is the plural of prickleback?
The plural of prickleback is pricklebacks.

Words near prickleback in the dictionary

  1. prickle
  2. prickle cell
  3. prickle cells
  4. prickle-cell
  5. prickle-cells
  6. prickleback
  7. pricklebacks
  8. prickled
  9. pricklefish
  10. pricklefishes
  11. prickleless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prickleback (page history and authors); prickleback (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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