PRICKLEBACK

stickleback, prickleback

(noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research

prickleback

(noun) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Pric"kle*back`, Pric"kle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The stickleback.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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