banstickle

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noun

three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

OriginMiddle English banstikel ← Old English bān →
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Meanings

nounbanstickle (plural banstickles)

plural banstickles

  1. USdialectalthree-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Origin

  1. Old Englishbān“bone”
  2. Middle Englishbanstikel
  3. Englishbanstickle

From Middle English banstikel from Old English bān (“bone”) + sticel (“prickle, sting”). See bone (noun) and stickleback.

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APA

banstickle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banstickle

MLA

“banstickle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banstickle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banstickle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banstickle.

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