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stickleback vs three-spined stickleback

three-spined stickleback vs stickleback

stickleback and three-spined stickleback both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stickleback Yes No No No
three-spined stickleback Yes No No No
As nouns, three-spined stickleback is a hyponym of stickleback; that is, three-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
  • three-spined stickleback: of rivers and coastal regions
Other hyponyms of stickleback include Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined stickleback.
stickleback (noun) three-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 of rivers and coastal regions
Difference between stickleback and three-spined stickleback

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