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Webster 1913 Edition
Barbel
Bar′bel
(bär′bĕl)
, Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes.
2.
(Zool.)
A large fresh-water fish (
Barbus vulgaris
) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels. Webster 1828 Edition
Barbel
B'ARBEL
,Noun.
1.
A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the order of abdominals. The mouth is toothless; the gill has three rays; the body is smooth and white. This fish is about three feet long, and weighs 18 pounds. It is a very coarse fish, living in deep still rivers and rooting like swine in the soft banks. Its dorsal fin is armed with a strong spine, sharply serrated, from which circumstance it probably received its name.2.
A knot of superfluous flesh, growing in the channels of a horse's mouth; written also barble, or barb.