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Webster 1913 Edition


Barbel

Bar′bel

(bär′bĕl)
,
Noun.
[OF.
barbel
, F.
barbeau
, dim. of L.
barbus
barbel, fr.
barba
beard. See 1st
Barb
.]
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.
3.
pl.
Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st
Barb
, 3.

Webster 1828 Edition


Barbel

B'ARBEL

,
Noun.
[L. barba.]
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.

Definition 2024


barbel

barbel

See also: Bärbel

English

Alternative forms

Noun

barbel (plural barbels)

  1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus.
  2. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
  3. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin barbula.

Noun

barbel m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

  1. barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (a type of fish).

Noun

barbel m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

  1. barbel (fish)
Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (barbel)