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barbel

bar·bel [ brb'l ] (plural bar·bels)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. feeler on mouth of fish: a slender feeler resembling a whisker on the lips or jaws of some fishes

2. fish with barbels: a toothless European fish with barbels that resembles the carp. Genus Barbus.

[14th century. < Latin barba "beard"]
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