bandien.
/ˈbandi/, U.S. /ˈbændi/, Scottish English /ˈbandɪ/ Scottish and northern.
The stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Bandy, the stickleback.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 31
1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist i. 14 ‘Mother,’ said he, ‘where are my crabs and bandies?’
1921 Glasgow Herald 25 Mar. 7/2 Little boys poking in their depths for bandies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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