Definition of barbel

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Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.

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Drabble :: Drabble (v. i.) To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels..
Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..
Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
Nematognathi :: Nematognathi (n. pl.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See Siluroid..
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3..
Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..
Barbellulate :: Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Rockling :: Rockling (n.) Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels..
Barble :: Barble (n.) See Barbel.
Binny :: Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food..
Burbot :: Burbot (n.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin..
Cyprinoid :: Cyprinoid (n.) One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc..
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