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How to pronounce barbel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms feeler
Type of tentacle
Derivation barbellate

Examples of barbel

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The upper jaw extends over the lower jaw, which has a well-developed chin barbel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The barbels look like tree branches, and each species has a unique barbel pattern.
From the sciencedaily.com
The eyes are medium sized, approximately the same as the length of the chin barbel.
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Following a minus 3 degrees C frost overnight, I certainly had no plans to go barbel fishing.
From the express.co.uk
And if we really see things milding up, how about one of the legendary, massive, Wensum barbel?
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Nearly 50 years on, it's still an excellent tool for big barbel.
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Out of 20 electro-tagged barbel, it was fascinating to learn that some shoaled and others didn't.
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Freshwater fish include lasca, trout, freshwater perch, grayling, eel, barbel, whitefish, and tench.
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It's the same with barbel, chub and even tench and carp.
From the edp24.co.uk
More examples
  • Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
  • A barbel on a fish is a slender, whiskerlike tactile organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, sturgeon, the zebrafish (Danio rerio) and some species of shark. They house the taste buds of such fish and are used to search for food in murky water.
  • Barbels are group of small carp-like freshwater fish, almost all of the genus Barbus. They are usually found in gravel and rocky bottomed slow flowing waters with high dissolved oxygen content. ...
  • (Barbels) koi possess two pairs of barbels; used to locate food by taste. The whisker-like barbels are located near the mouth
  • (Barbels) Fleshy, tubular extension of skin, usually on the head or neck.
  • (Barbels) these are the whiskers that are found on the carps jaw. There function is to enable the carp to find food etc in the muddy conditions in which they are found.
  • (Barbels) a whisker-like sensor that protrudes from the mouth area of a sturgeon and is used to sense food in murky water
  • (barbels) paired fleshy appendages located usually on the head of fish and containing sensory cells.
  • A slender tactile process or fleshy projection located around the head.