STICKLEBACK


Meaning of STICKLEBACK in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.