nnoun.animalsmall elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spinesHypernyms:blennioid blennioid fish
Inherited Hypernyms:pricklebackblennioid fishpercoid fishspiny-finned fishteleost fishbony fishfishaquatic vertebratevertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Lumpenus lumpretaeformiseelblennysnakeblenny
Full Hyponyms:eelblennysnakeblenny
nnoun.animalsmall (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much researchSynset:stickleback
Member Holonyms:Gasterosteidae family Gasterosteidae
Hypernyms:acanthopterygian spiny-finned fish
Inherited Hypernyms:sticklebackspiny-finned fishteleost fishbony fishfishaquatic vertebratevertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Gasterosteus aculeatusGasterosteus pungitiusten-spined sticklebackthree-spined stickleback
Full Hyponyms:ten-spined sticklebackthree-spined stickleback