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Webster 1913 Edition

Barbicel

Bar′bi-cel

,

Noun.

[NL.

barbicella

, dim. of L.

barba

. See 1st

.]

(Zool.)

One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

Definition 2024

barbicel

barbicel

English

Noun

barbicel ‎(plural barbicels)

Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs