Definition of prickleback in English:

prickleback

noun ˈprɪk(ə)lbakˈprɪkəlˌbæk

A long, slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters.
线鳚
Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species
Example sentencesExamples
- We fished for the pricklebacks (Cebidichthys violaceous) with poke poles -- long old-fashioned bamboo poles or modern plastic telescoping poles -- with short wire leaders and hooks baited with squid.
- Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses).
- Pricklebacks are slithery, elusive and ugly as sin, but their taste is little short of divine.

Definition of prickleback in US English:

prickleback

nounˈprikəlˌbakˈprɪkəlˌbæk

A long, slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters.
线鳚
Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species
Example sentencesExamples
- We fished for the pricklebacks (Cebidichthys violaceous) with poke poles -- long old-fashioned bamboo poles or modern plastic telescoping poles -- with short wire leaders and hooks baited with squid.
- Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses).
- Pricklebacks are slithery, elusive and ugly as sin, but their taste is little short of divine.

词汇	prickleback
释义	Definition of prickleback in English: prickleback noun ˈprɪk(ə)lbakˈprɪkəlˌbæk A long, slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters. 线鳚 Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species Example sentencesExamples We fished for the pricklebacks (Cebidichthys violaceous) with poke poles -- long old-fashioned bamboo poles or modern plastic telescoping poles -- with short wire leaders and hooks baited with squid. Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses). Pricklebacks are slithery, elusive and ugly as sin, but their taste is little short of divine. Definition of prickleback in US English: prickleback nounˈprikəlˌbakˈprɪkəlˌbæk A long, slender fish with a spiny dorsal fin running the length of the body. It lives in cooler seas of the northern hemisphere, typically in shallow inshore waters. 线鳚 Family Stichaeidae: many genera and species Example sentencesExamples We fished for the pricklebacks (Cebidichthys violaceous) with poke poles -- long old-fashioned bamboo poles or modern plastic telescoping poles -- with short wire leaders and hooks baited with squid. Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses). Pricklebacks are slithery, elusive and ugly as sin, but their taste is little short of divine.
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