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barbicel
bar·bi·cel B0071900 (bär′bĭ-sĕl′)n. One of the minute, hooked projections extending from and interlocking the barbules of a feather.
[New Latin barbicella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]barbicel (ˈbɑːbɪˌsɛl) n (Zoology) ornithol any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules[C19: from New Latin barbicella, literally: a small beard, from Latin barba beard]bar•bi•cel (ˈbɑr bəˌsɛl)
n. any of the hooklets that fringe the barbules of a feather and hold them together. [1865–70; < New Latin barbicella= Latin barbi- (comb. form of barba beard) + -cella diminutive suffix] barbicel
barbicel[′bär·bə‚sel] (vertebrate zoology) One of the small, hook-bearing processes on a barbule of the distal side of a barb or a feather. barbicel
barbicel (bär′bĭ-sĕl′)n. One of the minute, hooked projections extending from and interlocking the barbules of a feather. |