stickleback

English

Etymology

From Old English and dialect stickle a prickle, spine, sting (Old English sticel) + back. See stick (transitive verb) and compare banstickle.

Noun

stickleback (plural sticklebacks)

Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests.

Synonyms

(any species of Gasterosteidae): sticklebag, sharpling

Translations

fish

French: épinoche (fr) f
German: Stichling (de) m
Irish: biorach lodáin m
Luxembourgish: Spuerk m

Norman: êpinnoche f (Jersey)
Russian: ко́люшка (ru) f (kóljuška)
Scots: bandy, baanie
Scottish Gaelic: réibean m

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