stickling noun.
['stɪklɪŋ] Long
obsolete exc.
dial. LME.[from base of STICKLEBACK + -ING3. Corresp. to Middle & mod. Dutch stekeling, Middle High German stichelinc (German Stechling, Stichling). Cf. STITLING.]Any of various spiny fishes, now
spec. a stickleback.
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