stickleback

/stik-uhl-bak/US // ˈstɪk əlˌbæk //UK // (ˈstɪkəlˌbæk) //

粘虫,粘虫病,棍棒鱼,粘虫草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.

Gudgeon eats stickleback, jack-pike eats gudgeon and grows fat, till at last the sturgeon in his armour eats him.
"Canova was by no means equal to Stickleback," said Mr Bristles magisterially.
When our other friends leave me, Stickleback, I hope you will stay for half an hour.
The rest of the party soon retired; and Bristles and Stickleback began their confidential conclave.
The Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), too, has undoubtedly come to us from the north.