Gasterosteidae
plural noun
Gas·ter·o·ste·idae
ˌgastərōˈstēəˌdē
: a family of small spiny-finned freshwater or salt-water fishes that consists of the sticklebacks and constitutes with related forms a suborder of Scleroparei or is placed with the cornetfishes and pipefishes in the order Solenichthyes
gasterosteiform
adjective
ˌgastəˈrästēəˌfȯrm
gasterosteoid
adjective
-stēˌȯid
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