BARBICEL


Meaning of BARBICEL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbär-bə-ˌsel ]

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's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.