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BARBEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
Synonyms:
barbel; feeler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("barbel" is a kind of...):
tentacle (any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion)
Derivation:
barbellate (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.)
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