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barbless

American

[bahrb-lis] / ˈbɑrb lɪs /

adjective

not equipped with a barb.

barbless fishhooks.

Etymology

Origin of barbless

First recorded in 1880–85; barb ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

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This free event, presented by Battery Park City Authority, revolves around catch-and-release fishing, in which the quarry is caught with barbless hooks and returned to the river after observation.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2017

“You got to be right on them on those front rods,” Pitts said, explaining a noteworthy nuance of fishing with barbless hooks.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2014

They follow the fish by day, catching them with barbless hooks, then anchor at night and turn off their 400-horsepower engine.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013

Requiring sport anglers fishing for salmon and steelhead in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries to use barbless hooks beginning 2013.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2012

Feathers, modified, producing sounds; elongated, in male birds; racket-shaped; barbless and with filamentous barbs in certain birds; shedding of margins of.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

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