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
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: groundfish: fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: takeover: a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: banderilla: a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: convoy: the act of escorting while in transit
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: rotating shaft: a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: crooked-stemmed aster: a variety of aster
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: sambuca: an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: hell: any place of pain and turmoil
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: volcanism: the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
Broader: animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Unrelated: platitudinarian: a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes