ˈprickle-back
Also 8 -bag.
[f. prickle n.1 + back n.1]
Name of the three-spined stickleback.
| 1746 Arderon in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 424 Observations made on the Bansticle, or Pricklebag, alias Prickle-back. 1787 Best Angling (ed. 2) 4 The Common Prickle Back, Sharpling, or Banstickle. 1843 James Forest Days i, A little rivulet, full of pricklebacks. |