stickleback
pronunciation
How to pronounce stickleback in British English:
UK [ˈstɪklbæk]
How to pronounce stickleback in American English:
US [ˈstɪkəlˌbæk]
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- Noun:
- small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Word Origin
- stickleback (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old English sticel "prick, sting, goad, thorn" (from Proto-Germanic *stik- "pierce, prick, be sharp;" see stick (v.)) + back (n.).
Example
- 1. Instead , dr couzin has built a biddable robot three-spined stickleback .
- 2. Stickleback fish , for example , choose mates with different mhc types than their own .
- 3. Nine-spined stickleback share the human ability to copy each other 's behaviour if it 's to their advantage .
- 4. Looking a dragonfly nymph straight in the eye , watching a pond skater as it whizzes across the surface , or catching your first stickleback is a truly wonderful experience .