Usually means: Whisker-like sensory organ, fish.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word barbel:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. barbel: Merriam-Webster
  2. barbel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barbel, barbel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barbel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barbel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Barbel, barbel: Wordnik
  7. barbel: Wiktionary
  8. barbel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. barbel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. barbel: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. barbel: Dictionary.com
  12. Barbel (anatomy), Barbel (disambiguation), Barbel (fish), Barbel (fish species), Barbel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Barbel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. barbel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. barbel: Rhymezone
  16. Barbel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. barbel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Barbel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. barbel: FreeDictionary.org
  20. barbel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. barbel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barbel: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barbel (disambiguation), barbel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. barbel: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barbel: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (barbel)

▸ noun:  A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
▸ noun:  (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
▸ noun:  A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Similar:
feeler, barble, barb, silverfish, yellowfish, barra, barfish, char, billfish, barse, more...

Opposite:
smooth, scaleless, finless

Types:
goldfish, koi, carp, catfish, pike, perch, bass, trout, salmon, tuna, more...

Phrases:
Giant Atlas barbel, Common barbel, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, long, single, maxillary, short, chin, nasal, big, mental, good



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Similar:
feeler, barble, barb, silverfish, yellowfish, barra, barfish, char, billfish, barse, more...

Opposite:
smooth, scaleless, finless

Types:
goldfish, koi, carp, catfish, pike, perch, bass, trout, salmon, tuna, more...

Phrases:
Giant Atlas barbel, Common barbel, more...

Adjectives:
small, large, long, single, maxillary, short, chin, nasal, big, mental, good



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