"three-spined stickleback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: three-spined sticklebacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Gasterosteiform fish Synonyms: three-spine stickleback

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