Definition of Family Gasterosteidae

1. Noun. Sticklebacks.

Exact synonyms: Gasterosteidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Solenichthyes, Solenichthyes
Member holonyms: Prickleback, Stickleback, Gasterosteus, Genus Gasterosteus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Gasterosteidae

family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae
family Formicariidae
family Formicidae
family Fouquieriaceae
family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae
family Gadidae
family Galbulidae
family Gasterophilidae
family Gasterosteidae (current term)
family Gavialidae
family Gavidae
family Geastraceae
family Gekkonidae
family Gelechiidae
family Gempylidae
family Gentianaceae
family Geoglossaceae
family Geometridae
family Geomyidae
family Geophilidae
family Geraniaceae
family Gerreidae
family Gerridae

Literary usage of Family Gasterosteidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the University of Montana by Mont University of Montana (Missoula, University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"31. Thymallus montanus, Milner. Grayling. Tributaries of the Missouri above the Great Falls. Family GASTEROSTEIDAE. 32. ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1857)
"This is a much rarer Hock Fish than the preceding ones. List of specimens. V. family Gasterosteidae. 20. ..."

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