NOUN | animal | barbel, feeler | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish |
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Meaning | slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish. | |
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Synonym | feeler | |
Broader | tentacle | Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals |
Spanish | barbillón, barbo | |
Catalan | barba, barb | |
Adjectives | barbellate | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
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