rough-tailed stickleback
now chiefly historical
noun
A three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, of the marine (trachurus) form.
- Formerly regarded as a distinct species, G. trachurus..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Leonard Jenyns (1800–1893), naturalist.
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