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/ˈbärbəl/,
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barbels, plural;
  1. A fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish

  2. A large European freshwater fish of the minnow family that has such filaments hanging from its mouth. It lives in running water

  3. A marine or freshwater African fish with barbels around the mouth

  1. A fleshy, tactile icicle-shaped projection, usually near the lips, chin or nose of a fish.
  2. Barbels are the whisker-like appendages found on both sides of the mouth of all catfish.
  3. paired fleshy appendages located usually on the head of fish and containing sensory cells.
  4. Sensory whisker-like appendages near the mouth or chin, which aid the fish in finding food and exploring its environment.
  5. Fleshy, whiskerlike protrusion from the head or chin.
  6. a whisker-like sensor that protrudes from the mouth area of a sturgeon and is used to sense food in murky water
  7. A fleshy, tubular extension of the skin, usually on the head or the neck, which appear to be sensory, probable tactile in function.
  8. koi possess two pairs of barbels; used to locate food by taste. The whisker-like barbels are located near the mouth
  9. Whisker-like structure on the heads of most catfish.
  10. are group of large carp-like freshwater fish, almost all of the genus Barbus Species Barbus brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb) Barbus callipterus (Clipper Barb) Barbus conchonius (Rosy Barb) Barbus denisonii (Red Line Torpedo Barb) Barbus nigrofasciatus (Black Ruby Barb) Barbus oligolepis (Checker Barb ...
  11. The 2 organs on the upper jaw of a carp that look like whiskers. Barbels help the carp find food in murky water.
  12. 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.
  13. Fleshy, sensory protrusions around the mouth of carp and some other fish. Commonly referred to incorrectly as ‘whiskers’.
  14. are often erroneously referred to as 'barbs', which are found in bird feathers for flight.