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noun

Barbel n.

(Zool.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes.

(Zool.) A large fresh-water fish (Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

pl. Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barbel" Quotes from Famous Books

... at present, my lord—a fisherman, and a famous fisherman too. I have taken a barbel that weighs at least thirty pounds, and more than fifty mullets; I have also some little whitings that ...

— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... razors, and drawing the strop as if it were a short Roman sword, Sam made the Sheikh wince a little as the sharp blade was made to play to and fro and from end to end, changing from side to side, and with all the dash and light touch of a clever barbel, being finished off by sharp applications to the palm of the ...

— In the Mahdi's Grasp • George Manville Fenn

... plums, commending the fish, saying to one, "Why do you not eat?" to another, "Drink to Madame"; to all of them, "Gentlemen, taste these lobsters; put this bottle to death! You do not know the flavour of this forcemeat. And these lampreys—ah! what do you say to them? And by the Lord! The finest barbel ever drawn from the Loire! Just stick your teeth into this pastry. This game is my own hunting; he who takes it not offends me." And again, "Drink, the king's eyes are the other way. Just give your opinion of these preserves, ...

— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac

... FOURRIERS sent forward to prepare a lodging at the next stage. We find almost Gargantuan details of the provision made by these officers against the duke's arrival, of eggs and butter and bread, cheese and peas and chickens, pike and bream and barbel, and wine both white and red. (2) Sometimes he went by water in a barge, playing chess or tables with a friend in the pavilion, or watching other vessels as they went before the wind. (3) Children ran along the bank, as they ...

— Familiar Studies of Men & Books • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Barbel" : tentacle