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Associations to the word «Barbel»

Wiktionary

BARBEL, noun. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus.
BARBEL, noun. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
BARBEL, noun. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Dictionary definition

BARBEL, noun. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats