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three-spined sticklebacks

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

Meaning of three-spined stickleback

Noun

three-spined stickleback (plural three-spined 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-spined sticklebacks

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

Words near three-spined sticklebacks in the dictionary

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

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