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Noun: ten-spined stickleback
  1. Small freshwater fish with spines along its back
    "The ten-spined stickleback is smaller than its three-spined cousin";
    - Gasterosteus pungitius, ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius

Derived forms: ten-spined sticklebacks

Type of: prickleback, stickleback

Part of: Gasterosteus, genus gasterosteus

Encyclopedia: Ten-spined stickleback