barbel

名词 n.
/ˈbɑːbəl/    /ˈbɑːɹbəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.
    — The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
  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.

词形变化

barbels plural barble alternative,obsolete

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PIE word
*bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“barbel”); barbus itself is from barba (“beard”). By surface analysis, Latin barb(us) (“beard, barbel”) + -el (diminutive suffix), and also, by surface analysis, barb (“sharp, extruding structure”) + -el (diminutive suffix).
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