prickleback
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
Types & categories
- blennioid fish hypernym
- snakeblenny hyponym
- eelblenny hyponym
Sense 2 noun
small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Types & categories
- spiny-finned fish hypernym
- three-spined stickleback hyponym
- ten-spined stickleback hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Gasterosteidae member holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blennioid fish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snakeblenny |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eelblenny |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Gasterosteidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiny-finned fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | three-spined stickleback |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ten-spined stickleback |