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Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

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stickleback

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Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

Japanese Meaning

ガスターリデ科に属する小型魚の一種。背部に2本以上の鋭い棘を持ち、塩水や汽水域に生息し、藻類などを使って巣を作る。

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The male stickleback painstakingly wove bits of weed into a nest among the reeds in the brackish estuary.

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オスのトゲウオは汽水域の葦の間で、藻の切れ端を丹念に編んで巣を作った。

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Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

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