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banstickle

banstickle noun: three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Noun

banstickle (plural banstickles)

  1. (US, dialectal) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Forms of banstickle

pluralbanstickles

Origin of banstickle

From Middle English banstikel from Old English bān (“bone”) + sticel (“prickle, sting”). See bone (noun) and stickleback.

Questions about banstickle

What does banstickle mean?
Banstickle means three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
What part of speech is banstickle?
Banstickle is a noun.
What is the plural of banstickle?
The plural of banstickle is banstickles.

Words near banstickle in the dictionary

  1. banshie
  2. banshies
  3. Banská Bystrica
  4. banslochan
  5. Banstead
  6. banstickle
  7. banstickles
  8. Bansud
  9. bansuri
  10. bansuris
  11. Banswara

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