GASTEROSTEUS PUNGITIUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Confined to rivers

Synonyms:

Gasterosteus pungitius; ten-spined stickleback

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gasterosteus pungitius" is a kind of...):

prickleback; stickleback (small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research)

Holonyms ("Gasterosteus pungitius" is a member of...):

Gasterosteus; genus gasterosteus (type genus of the family Gasterosteidae)

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