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Definition of: barbel
(bär′bəl)
1. One of the soft filiform appendages to the jaws, chin, or nostrils of certain fishes: an organ of touch.
2. A carp-like Old World cyprinoid fish (genus Barbes). [<OF <LL barbellus, dim. of barbus barbel <barba beard]
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