Term: stickleback: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Candidate hypernym: spiny-finned fish: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays → 1
Candidate hypernym: atmospheric electricity: electrical discharges in the atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: annihilation: destruction by annihilating something → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackcap: small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown → 0
Candidate hypernym: pampas grass: tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps → 0
Candidate hypernym: torsion balance: measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: saltiness: the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) → 0
Candidate hypernym: lapful: the quantity that can be held in the lap → 0
Candidate hypernym: carib: the family of languages spoken by the Carib → 0
Candidate hypernym: marking: the act of making a visible mark on a surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: braid: trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains → 0