Meaning

3 senses
  1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.

    Barbe

    уса́чusáč

    маренаmarena, вусачvusač

  2. A barb or pap under the tongue of a cow or horse.

  3. A whisker-like sensory organ, located around the mouth of certain fish, including carp, catfish, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.

More definitions
  • slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

Translations

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Forms

plural: barbels
Singularbarbel
Pluralbarbels

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish:feeler

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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