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Webster 1913 Edition

Banstickle

Ban′sticˊkle

,
Noun.
[OE.
ban
,
bon
, bone +
stickle
prickle, sting. See
Bone
,
Noun.
,
Stickleback
.]
(Zool.)
A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

Webster 1828 Edition

Banstickle

BAN'STICKLE

,
Noun.
A small fish, called also stickle-back. This fish falls under the genus Gasterosteus.

Definition 2024

banstickle

banstickle

English

Noun

banstickle ‎(plural banstickles)

  1. A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.

Etymology

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

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