barbulen.
/ˈbɑːbjuːl/, U.S. /ˈbɑrˌbjul/ 1. = barbel n. 2 (So in medieval Latin).
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1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. Gloss. 775/1 Barbules, filamentous appendages..attached to the mouths of certain fishes.
1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) ix. 146 This fish has four long barbules in the upper jaw.
2. One of the series of pointed, and sometimes serrated or hooked, processes, fringing the barbs of a feather, and filling up the space between them.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 350/2 The barbules are given off from either side of the barbs.
1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds Introd. 185 These smaller filaments are the barbules, by means of which the barbs are retained in position.
3. Botany. = barbula n. 2.
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1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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