Definition of Gasterosteus aculeatus

1. Noun. Of rivers and coastal regions.

Exact synonyms: Three-spined Stickleback
Generic synonyms: Prickleback, Stickleback
Group relationships: Gasterosteus, Genus Gasterosteus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasterosteus Aculeatus

Gasherbrum
Gaskell
Gaskell's bridge
Gaskell's clamp
Gaspar
Gasparian
Gasparyan
Gaspesian
Gaspesians
Gasterophilidae
Gasterophilus
Gasterophilus intestinalis
Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteus
Gasterosteus aculeatus (current term)
Gasterosteus pungitius
Gaston
Gaston Lachaise
Gastroboletus
Gastroboletus scabrosus
Gastroboletus turbinatus
Gastrocybe
Gastrocybe lateritia
Gastrodiscoides hominis
Gastrodiscus hominis
Gastromycetes
Gastrophilidae
Gastrophilus
Gastrophryne

Literary usage of Gasterosteus aculeatus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"... and considers that it is connected in some way with the maturity of the ova. t Although I have examined a large number of the Gasterosteus aculeatus, ..."

2. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1883)
"Of the three British species the commonest and most familiar type is the three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), No. 89, abundant in almost every ..."

3. The River-side Naturalist: Notes on the Various Forms of Life Met with by Edward Hamilton (1890)
"Yarrell makes six species : the three-spined, rough-tailed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; the half-armed, G. seim-armatus ; the smooth-tailed, ..."

4. Publications in Fisheries by Washington State University (1916)
""Platichthys stellatus rugosus (Girard). Great flounder. Family XIX Gasterosteidae 97. Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus. Three spined stickleback. ..."

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