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prickleback vs three-spined stickleback

three-spined stickleback vs prickleback

prickleback and three-spined stickleback both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prickleback Yes No No No
three-spined stickleback Yes No No No
As nouns, three-spined stickleback is a hyponym of prickleback; that is, three-spined stickleback is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prickleback:
  • prickleback: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
  • three-spined stickleback: of rivers and coastal regions
Other hyponyms of prickleback include Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined stickleback.
prickleback (noun) three-spined stickleback (noun)
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines of rivers and coastal regions
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Difference between prickleback and three-spined stickleback

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