DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
prickleback
/'prɪkəl,bæk/ · prɪkəlbæk
Prickleback has 3 syllables: prick · le · back.
prick
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le
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back
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noun. Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.
noun. Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines.
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