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three-spine sticklebacks

three-spine sticklebacks is the plural of three-spine stickleback.

Meaning of three-spine stickleback

Noun

three-spine stickleback (plural three-spine sticklebacks)

  1. Gasterosteus aculeatus, a small fish of coastal and inland waters of the Northern Hemisphere, that can make its spines erect when threatened, which makes it hard to swallow.

Questions about three-spine sticklebacks

What is three-spine sticklebacks the plural of?
Three-spine sticklebacks is the plural of three-spine stickleback.

Words near three-spine sticklebacks in the dictionary

  1. three-sixties
  2. three-sixty
  3. three-space
  4. three-spaces
  5. three-spine stickleback
  6. three-spine sticklebacks
  7. three-spined stickleback
  8. three-spined sticklebacks
  9. three-spot seahorse
  10. three-spot seahorses
  11. three-square

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