Pronunciation: ' bär-b ə - ˌ sel
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin barbicella, diminutive of Latin barba
Date: 1869
: any of the small hook-bearing processes on a barbule of a feather ― see FEATHER illustration
Pronunciation: ' bär-b ə - ˌ sel
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin barbicella, diminutive of Latin barba
Date: 1869
: any of the small hook-bearing processes on a barbule of a feather ― see FEATHER illustration
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012