barbulate (bar bulat)

Same as barbellate. barbule (bär'bul), n. [L. barbula, dim. of barb a, beard.] 1. A small barb, as of a plant; a little beard. Also barbula. -2. In ornith., one of a series of pointed, barb-like proce es fringing the barbs of a feather. As the rhachis [of a feather] bears its vane or series of barbs, so does each barb bear its vanes of the second order, or little vanes, a IMG:content-1661.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small] Barbus Barbel ( Barbus vulgar is). B. vulgar is : used with varying latitude by dif ferent writers.