stickleback
Meaning
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.
Synonyms
Translations
Stichling
stekelbaars
Gasterosteidae Gasterosteus gasterosteidae gastérostéidé
Gasterosteus
Gasterosteus esgana gata esgana-gatasEtymology
In summary
From dialectal stickle (“a prickle, spine, sting”), from Old English sticel + bæc. See stick (transitive verb) and compare banstickle.
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