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banstickle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ban-stick-le
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

American usage

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: banstikel, bān

Usage

Inflected Forms

banstickles (plural)

Questions

What does banstickle mean?
three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Where does banstickle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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