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Definition: Prickleback |
PricklebackNoun1. Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines. 2. Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: PricklebackSynonym: stickleback (n). (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-i-k-k-l-p-r" | |
-2 letters: placekick. | |
-3 letters: breccial, kickable, parklike. | |
-4 letters: acerbic, balkier, blacker, breccia, brickle, cackler, caliber, calibre, caliper, caprice, clacker, clicker, crackle, prickle, replica. | |
-5 letters: backer, bailer, balker, bicker, bilker, bipack, cackle, cakier, calker, capric, carcel, caribe, carpel, celiac, cicale, circle, cleric, eclair, epical, icecap, ipecac, kicker, lacier, lacker, lakier, librae, licker, packer, palier, parcel, picker, pickle. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 63 6B 6C 65 62 61 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -.-. -.- .-.. . -... .- -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101011 01101100 01100101 01100010 01100001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i c k l e b a c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 0063 006B 006C 0065 0062 0061 0063 006B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084756977787168676977 |
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