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Barbule

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small barb or beard.
  2. 2
    Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.

Etymology

PIE word *bʰardʰéh₂ Borrowed from Latin barbula (“little beard”).

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