Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stickleback, a fish of which there are several species. Also
jack-sharpling . Seestickle-back and Gasterosteus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A stickleback.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect A
stickleback .
Etymologies
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From sharp + -ling. Compare German Schärfling ("stickleback").
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