bansticklen.
/ˈbanstɪk(ə)l/ Name of the Three-spined Stickleback.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > species aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)
banstickle1483
prickleback1747
three-spined stickleback1769
prickly-back1862
pricky-back1864
1483 Cath. Angl. 17 Bafynstylkylle [v.r. Baynstikille]; gamerus, asparagus.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2002 in Poems (1981) 77 I can nocht fische..To tak ane banestikill.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bansticle, trachida.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espinoche, banstickle, or stickleback.
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling 61 The common Prickleback, Sharpling or Banstickle.
1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Banstickle, the Stickleback..In Wiltshire it is called a banticle.
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n.1483- spear-pile
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- spear-pointed
- spear-pricking
- spear-print
- spear-running
- spear-shaft
- spear-shaken
- spear-shaking
- spear-shaped
- spear-side
- spear-skilled
- spear-splintering
- spear-staff
- spear-stick
- spear-storm
- spear-straight
- spear-stroke
- spear-stuck
- spear-swept
- spear-tassel
- spear-throw
- spear-thrower