pricklebackn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪklbak/, U.S.

/ˈprɪk(ə)lˌbæk/

Forms: 1700s pricklebag, 1700s– prickleback.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prickle n.¹, back n.¹

Etymology: < prickle n.¹ + back n.¹, with reference to the spines on the fish's back. With sense 1 compare earlier stickleback n., and also earlier prickling n.² and later prickly-back n. (a) at prickly adj. Compounds 2, pricky-back n. (b) at pricky adj. Compounds.With the form pricklebag compare the form sticklebag at stickleback n.

1. The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Cf. prickling n.², prickly-back n. (a) at prickly adj. Compounds 2, pricky-back n. (b) at pricky adj. Compounds. Now rare.

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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

1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 424 Observations made on the Bansticle, or Pricklebag, alias Prickle-back.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 4 The Common Prickle Back, Sharpling, or Banstickle.

1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. i. 5 A little rivulet, full of pricklebacks.

1860 Harper's Mag. Mar. 488/2 Did you ever, when you were a boy, catch a little fish that goes by the names of Stickleback, Prickleback, Robins, Banstickle, Sharplin, Tittleback, and a few others?

1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 124 There are numerous local names for this fish, such as Jack Sharp, Prickleback, [etc.].

2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Stichaeidae, occurring chiefly in the North Pacific, having a long slender body and a long dorsal fin composed entirely of spinous rays.

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1960 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 2) (ed. 2) 44 Ribbon prickleback... Phitychthys chirus... Black prickleback... Xiphister mucosus.

1988 Sci. Amer. Jan. 54/2 Very thin bodies (in the gunnels and pricklebacks).

2003 San Mateo County Times (San Mateo, Calif.) (Nexis) 27 June Hermit crabs, black turban snails, and miniature eel-like pricklebacks crawl and cling in their watery world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prickleback
释义	pricklebackn. Brit. /ˈprɪklbak/, U.S. /ˈprɪk(ə)lˌbæk/ Forms: 1700s pricklebag, 1700s– prickleback. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prickle n.¹, back n.¹ Etymology: < prickle n.¹ + back n.¹, with reference to the spines on the fish's back. With sense 1 compare earlier stickleback n., and also earlier prickling n.² and later prickly-back n. (a) at prickly adj. Compounds 2, pricky-back n. (b) at pricky adj. Compounds.With the form pricklebag compare the form sticklebag at stickleback n. 1. The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Cf. prickling n.², prickly-back n. (a) at prickly adj. Compounds 2, pricky-back n. (b) at pricky adj. Compounds. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 424 Observations made on the Bansticle, or Pricklebag, alias Prickle-back. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 4 The Common Prickle Back, Sharpling, or Banstickle. 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. i. 5 A little rivulet, full of pricklebacks. 1860 Harper's Mag. Mar. 488/2 Did you ever, when you were a boy, catch a little fish that goes by the names of Stickleback, Prickleback, Robins, Banstickle, Sharplin, Tittleback, and a few others? 1925 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles 124 There are numerous local names for this fish, such as Jack Sharp, Prickleback, [etc.]. 2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Stichaeidae, occurring chiefly in the North Pacific, having a long slender body and a long dorsal fin composed entirely of spinous rays. ΚΠ 1960 List Common & Sci. Names Fishes U.S. & Canada (Amer. Fisheries Soc. Special Publ. No. 2) (ed. 2) 44 Ribbon prickleback... Phitychthys chirus... Black prickleback... Xiphister mucosus. 1988 Sci. Amer. Jan. 54/2 Very thin bodies (in the gunnels and pricklebacks). 2003 San Mateo County Times (San Mateo, Calif.) (Nexis) 27 June Hermit crabs, black turban snails, and miniature eel-like pricklebacks crawl and cling in their watery world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1747
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