Meaning of BARBULE
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bar"bule\, n. [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]
1. A very minute barb or beard. --Booth.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the processes along the edges of the
barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See
{Feather}.
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| | Related Terms: | | antenna, barb, barbel, barrel, cat whisker, cilium, feeler, filament, filamentule, palp, palpus, quill, shaft, tactile cell, tactile corpuscle, tactile hair, tactile organ, tactile process, tactor, vibrissa |
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