barbel
/bahr-buhl/US // ˈbɑr bəl //UK // (ˈbɑːbəl) //
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n.名词 noun
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- : a slender, external process on the jaw or other part of the head of certain fishes.
- : any of various cyprinoid fishes of the genus Barbus, especially B. barbus, of European waters.
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Examples
In the former are several varieties, and some of enormous size, resembling the barbel.
Barbel, roach, club, and gudgeon are plentiful round the Bell Weir; and trout are often taken.
Head, about one-fifth the whole length; snout, very blunt, with a small barbel on the lower lip.
Each maxillary is provided with a small barbel; and the gill-covers are armed with short stiff spines.
Though called the salmon of India, the mahseer is really a species of barbel.
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