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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†ETTERPYLE, n. A small fish, ? the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.Dmf. c.1700 Dr G. Archibald in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. (1901) XVII. 57:
Etterpyles like a small burn trout, with a large head and broad shoulders, carrying three stings on the back and one at the corner of each side of the mouth.

[Etym. doubtful. Cf. Etter, n. For second element, cf. O.E. pile, a spike.]

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