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stickleback vs ten-spined stickleback

ten-spined stickleback vs stickleback

stickleback and ten-spined stickleback both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stickleback Yes No No No
ten-spined stickleback Yes No No No
As nouns, ten-spined stickleback is a hyponym of stickleback; that is, ten-spined stickleback is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stickleback:
  • stickleback: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
  • ten-spined stickleback: confined to rivers
stickleback (noun) ten-spined stickleback (noun)
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research confined to rivers
Difference between stickleback and ten-spined stickleback

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