stansticklen.
/ˈstanstɪk(ə)l/ dialect.
= stickleback n.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback)
sticklinga1400
stitlingc1425
sticklebacka1475
shaftling1558
sharpling1558
stansticklea1637
hackle1655
pricklefish1668
prickling1668
jack sharp?1758
tittlebat1781
Jack Sharpnails1787
thorny-back1811
struttle1821
bandie1825
tinker1833
thornback1859
tiddler1885
a1300 Neckam De Utensilibus in Wright Voc. 98 Gamarus, pinosche, stanstikel.
a1637 G. Markham Newe Metamorph. (MS BL Add. 14826) II. i. i. 13 To Stansticles he did them all transforme A fishe noe bigger then a prety worme.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830)
1893 in H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 35 The stickleback is a stannicle.
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