stanstickle dial.
(ˈstænstɪk(ə)l)
Also stannicle.
[Alteration of banstickle, due to alliterative association with stone n.]
= stickleback.
| a 1300 Neckam De Utensilibus in Wright Voc. 98 Gamarus, pinosche, stanstikel. c 1620 New Metamorphosis (MS.) (Nares), To stansticles he did them all transforme, A fishe noe bigger then a prety worme. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia. 1893 in Cozens-Hardy Broad Norf. 35 The stickleback is a stannicle. |