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Barbel   Listen
noun
Barbel  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes.
2.
(Zool.) A large fresh-water fish (Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
3.
pl. Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.





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"Barbel" Quotes from Famous Books



... point that the sea and earth scarcely sufficed to set off their tables; they ate as delicacies water-rats and white worms. Fish were the chief object of the Roman epicures, of which the mullus, the rhombus, and the asellus were the most valued; it is recorded that a mullus (sea barbel), weighing but eight pounds, sold for eight thousand sesterces. Oysters from the Lucrine Lake were in great demand; snails were fattened in ponds for cooking, while the villas of the rich had their piscinae filled with fresh or salt-water ...
— Beacon Lights of History, Volume III • John Lord


Words linked to "Barbel" :   tentacle, barbellate


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