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“barbules”
1. A very minute barb or beard.
2. One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock.
3. A small barb or pointed projection, especially one of the small projections fringing the edges of the barbs of feathers.
2. One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock.
3. A small barb or pointed projection, especially one of the small projections fringing the edges of the barbs of feathers.
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barba-, barb-, barbat-
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