Word.ws English Dictionary

barbellate

barbellate adjective: having one or more barbellae.

Adjective

barbellate (not comparable)

  1. Having one or more barbellae.
  2. Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns.

Words formed from barbellate

Questions about barbellate

What does barbellate mean?
Barbellate means having one or more barbellae.
What part of speech is barbellate?
Barbellate is an adjective.

Words near barbellate in the dictionary

  1. barbell pads
  2. barbell rack
  3. barbell racks
  4. barbella
  5. barbellae
  6. barbellate
  7. barbellately
  8. barbells
  9. barbellulate
  10. barbels
  11. Barbenheimer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: barbellate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “barbellate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/barbellate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.