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| bar·bel [ brb'l ] (plural bar·bels) |
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1. feeler on mouth of fish: a slender feeler resembling a whisker on the lips or jaws of some fishes
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2. fish with barbels: a toothless European fish with barbels that resembles the carp. Genus Barbus.
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| [14th century. < Latin barba "beard"] |
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