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Definition of Barbels
1. barbel [n] - See also: barbel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbels
Literary usage of Barbels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"The fifth branchial aperture is often concealed in the fourth; and the lobules
of the nostrils are generally prolonged into barbels 1. Under the name of >•. ..."
2. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"... Skeleton —The Fins—The Scales—The Lateral-Line—barbels—Colouration —Breeding
Habits and Eggs—Australian Fishes producing Pelagic Eggs—The Classification ..."
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