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Stickler :: Stickleback (v. t.) Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback..

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Prickliness :: Prickliness (n.) The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles..

Unarmed :: Unarmed (a.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc..

Aculeolate :: Aculeolate (a.) Having small prickles or sharp points.

Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..

Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..

Pricker :: Pricker (n.) One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Prickleback :: Prickleback (n.) Alt. of Pricklefis.

Extrafoliaceous :: Extrafoliaceous (a.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

Pricklefish :: Pricklefish (n.) The stickleback.

Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Aculeate :: Aculeate (a.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles..

Cutgrass :: Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia..

Acanthaceous :: Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant..

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