barbule
n.
projection that lines the edge of a barb on a feather
Barbule
Barbules are a part of the tree formed by
feathers : the trunk, or axis, being the rachis and the
barbs the main boughs, barbules are the secondary branches. Barbules have minute hooks called barbicels for cross-attachment.
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Barbule
(n.)
One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
(n.)
A very minute barb or beard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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barbule
Synonyms and related words:
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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