transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsti-kəl-ˌbak ]
noun
( plural -backs also -back )
Etymology: Middle English stykylbak, from Old English sticel goad + Middle English bak back; akin to Old English stician to stick
Date: 15th century
: any of a family (Gasterosteidae) of small scaleless bony fishes having two or more free spines in front of the dorsal fin and including marine, anadromous, and freshwater forms