stickleback

Betekenis (Engels)

Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.

Sinonieme

prickleback

Japanese halfbeak

halfbeak

tittlebat

Gasterosteus

Vertalings

Stichling

épinoche

stekelbaars

Gasterosteidae

Gasterosteus

gasterosteidae

épinoches

gastérostéidé

spinarello

Gasterosteus

Gasterosteus

esgana gata

esgana-gatas

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old English: sticel

In summary

From dialectal stickle (“a prickle, spine, sting”), from Old English sticel + bæc. See stick (transitive verb) and compare banstickle.