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sharpling

sharpling noun: a stickleback.

Noun

sharpling (plural sharplings)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A stickleback.

Forms of sharpling

pluralsharplings

Origin of sharpling

From sharp + -ling. Compare German Schärfling (“stickleback”).

Questions about sharpling

What does sharpling mean?
Sharpling means a stickleback.
What part of speech is sharpling?
Sharpling is a noun.
What is the plural of sharpling?
The plural of sharpling is sharplings.

Words near sharpling in the dictionary

  1. Sharpless
  2. Sharpley
  3. Sharpleys
  4. sharplier
  5. sharpliest
  6. sharpling
  7. sharplings
  8. sharply
  9. sharpness
  10. sharpnesses
  11. sharpnose

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