The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
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Barbel
//ˈbɑːɹbəl//
Synonyms for "barbel" (24 found)
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Translations
41 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բեղլու noun (fish)
Belarusian
2 entries- вусач noun (fish)
- мірон noun (fish)
Catalan
1 entries- barb noun (fish)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 魮 /𱇒 noun (fish)
Czech
1 entries- parma noun (fish)
Dutch
1 entries- barbeel noun (fish)
Finnish
1 entries- barbi noun (fish)
French
1 entries- barbeau noun (fish)
Galician
2 entries- barbo noun (fish)
- barbo noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
German
1 entries- Barbe noun (fish)
Hungarian
2 entries- bajusz noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- márna noun (fish)
Ido
1 entries- barbelo noun (fish)
Indonesian
1 entries- sungut noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
Irish
1 entries- sprochaille noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
Italian
2 entries- barbiglio noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- barbio noun (fish)
Kazakh
2 entries- сүген noun (fish)
- қаяз noun (fish)
Latin
1 entries- barbus noun (fish)
Macedonian
2 entries- мрена noun (fish)
- мренка noun (fish)
Persian
2 entries- زردهپره noun (fish)
- سبیلک noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
Polish
2 entries- brzana noun (fish)
- wąsik noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
Portuguese
3 entries- barbilho noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- barbilhão noun (whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish)
- barbo noun (fish)
Romanian
1 entries- mreană noun (fish)
Russian
1 entries- уса́ч noun (fish)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mrȅna noun (fish)
- мре̏на noun (fish)
Slovak
1 entries- mrena noun (fish)
Spanish
1 entries- barbo noun (fish)
Swedish
1 entries- barb noun (fish)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вусач noun (fish)
- марена noun (fish)
Walloon
1 entries- bårbea noun (fish)
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