barbel
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barbel /ˈbɑːb(ə)l/
▶noun
- 1 a fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish.
- 2 a large freshwater fish of the carp family, with barbels hanging from the mouth. [Barbus barbus.]
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. barbellus, dimin. of barbus ‘barbel’, from barba ‘beard’.
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