Gasterosteidae
plural noun
Gas·ter·o·ste·idae
ˌgastərōˈstēəˌdē
: a family of small spiny-finned freshwater or salt-water fishes that consists of the sticklebacks and constitutes with related forms a suborder of Scleroparei or is placed with the cornetfishes and pipefishes in the order Solenichthyes
gasterosteiform adjective
ˌgastəˈrästēəˌfȯrm
gasterosteoid adjective
-stēˌȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Gasterosteus, type genus (from gaster- + osteus) + -idae