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Definition of Sticklebacks
1. stickleback [n] - See also: stickleback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticklebacks
Literary usage of Sticklebacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intellectual Observer (1865)
"With a view, therefore, of facilitating the discovery of sticklebacks' nests this
... Here they come, a hungry group of sticklebacks of all ages, and, ..."
2. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"Mr. Couch, the well-known ichthyologist, mentions a case where a pair of sticklebacks
had made ... sticklebacks."
3. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk: Drawn Up for the by Arthur Young (1813)
"sticklebacks. • These little fish, which are caught in immense quantities in the
Lynn rivers about once in seven years, have been bought as high as 8d. a ..."
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