sharpling

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