sharpling
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sharp + -ling. Compare German Schärfling (“stickleback”).
Noun
[edit]sharpling (plural sharplings)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) A stickleback.
References
[edit]- “sharpling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.