SPIKEDACE Definition & Meaning

spikedace

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noun

plural spikedaces, (especially collectively) spikedace.

a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of spikedace¹

spike ¹ + dace

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Federally endangered species particularly threatened by the presence of the bovines are the “southwest willow flycatcher, narrow-headed garter snake, Gila chub, loach minnow, and Spikedace,” according to a Forest Service memo.

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