noun
- a young fish, especially a small salmon or trout
Examples
- The stream was full of sticklings swimming in the shallow water.
- Young sticklings need protection from larger predators.
- The fishery released thousands of sticklings into the river.
- Sticklings typically stay in freshwater before migrating to the ocean.
- The biologist counted the sticklings in each section of the creek.
- These sticklings will grow into mature salmon in a few years.