BARBA

(Lat. barb a, a beard.) In Mammalogy, signifies the long tufl of hair dependent from the under jaw. In Ornithology, the same term is applied to the setiform or simple feathers, which in some species of birds depend from the skin covering the gullet or crop. In Ichthyology, a kind of spine, with the teeth pointing backwards. Barba. A beard; a terra used in Botany to denote any collection of long loose hairs into a tuft or crest, as on the petals of the iris. BARB A DOES leg. A disease indigenous to Barb a does, in which the limb becomes tumid, hard, and mi hapen. [s. 143]