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barbicel

barbicel noun: any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs.

Noun

barbicel (plural barbicels)

  1. Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs

Forms of barbicel

pluralbarbicels

Questions about barbicel

What does barbicel mean?
Barbicel means any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs.
What part of speech is barbicel?
Barbicel is a noun.
What is the plural of barbicel?
The plural of barbicel is barbicels.

Words near barbicel in the dictionary

  1. Barbians
  2. barbican
  3. barbicanage
  4. barbicaned
  5. barbicans
  6. barbicel
  7. barbicels
  8. barbie
  9. Barbie pagoda
  10. Barbie pink
  11. Barbie pinks

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