barbule
[bahr-byool]
- a small barb.
- any of the small processes fringing the barbs of a feather.
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Origin of barbule
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barbule
- a very small barb
- ornithol any of the minute hairs that project from a barb and in some feathers interlock by hooks and grooves, forming a flat vane
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin barbula a little beard, from barba beard
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barbule
[bär′byōōl]
- A small barb or pointed projection, especially one that fringes the edges of the barbs of feathers.
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