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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stick•le•back (stik′əl bak′),USA pronunciation n. - Fishany of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest. Also called prickleback.
- late Middle English stykylbak, equivalent. to Old English sticol scaly + bæc back1 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stickleback /ˈstɪkəlˌbæk/ n - any small teleost fish of the family Gasterosteidae, such as Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback) of rivers and coastal regions and G. pungitius (ten-spined stickleback) confined to rivers. They have a series of spines along the back and occur in cold and temperate northern regions
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old English stickel prick, sting + back1 |