| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bar·bel |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bär b l |
| NOUN: | One of the slender, whiskerlike tactile organs extending from the head of certain fishes, such as catfishes. Also called barb1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin barbula, diminutive of Late Latin barbus, beard, from Latin barba. See bhardh- - in Appendix I.
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