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单词 stickleback
释义

stickleback

noun

stick·​le·​back ˈsti-kəl-ˌbak How to pronounce stickleback (audio)
plural sticklebacks also stickleback
: any of a family (Gasterosteidae) of small scaleless bony fishes having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin and including marine, anadromous, and freshwater forms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web During the breeding season, male stickleback fish become intensively territorial and take on a bright red coloration on their underside that attracts females. Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2022 As of this year, ecologists have reintroduced chorus frogs, three-spine stickleback fish, the California floater mussel and the San Francisco forktail damselfy to the lake. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2021 The stickleback surge is triggering other ecosystem impacts. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 27 Aug. 2020 Dancing Fish Three-spine sticklebacks have a strange mating ritual. Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015 First, male sticklebacks build a nest and perform a dance to attract a mate. Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2015 So far, Candolin notes, the sloppier mating caused by murky waters isn't hurting stickleback populations in the Baltic. Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019 One possible explanation was that the marine sticklebacks had already carried a rare mutation for the loss of the pelvic fin, one that arose in their ancestors. Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2019 One poor fellow is turned into an involuntary stickleback. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English stykylbak, from Old English sticel goad + Middle English bak back; akin to Old English stician to stick

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

stickleback

noun

stick·​le·​back ˈsti-kəl-ˌbak How to pronounce stickleback (audio)
: a small scaleless fish with sharp spines on its back
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