Etymology

stanstickle

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Today it means: A small fish, the threespine stickleback. Full definition →

Middle English stanstikel
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstanstikel
  2. English todaystanstickle

From Middle English stanstikel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.