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Pric·kle·fish , n.

(Zoöl.) The stickleback.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas.

 
 
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