Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name of the three-spined stickleback.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

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  • noun A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

Etymologies

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Old English ban, bon, bone + stickle prickle, sting. See bone (noun) and stickleback.

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  • A bonny banstickle banged a banned stick on a band's sticky bandstand.

    February 28, 2024