BARBICEL


Meaning of BARBICEL in English

/bahr"beuh sel'/ , n. Ornith.

one of the minute processes fringing the barbules of certain feathers.

[ 1865-70; barbicella, equiv. to L barbi- (comb. form of barba beard) + -cella dim. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .