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Meaning of Stickleback | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

العربية أبو شوكة
Català punxoset
Cymraeg crothell
Deutsch Stichling
Suomi piikkikala
Français épinoche
Gàidhlig réibean
Lëtzebuergesch Spuerk
Nederlands stekelbaars
Русский колюшка
Svenska spigg
Українська колючка

Examples

“[I]n my exile and irkeſome diſcontented abandonment, the ſillieſt millers thombe, or contemptible ſtickle-banck of my enemies, is as buſie nibbling about my fame, as if I were a deade man throwne amongeſt them to feede vpon.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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