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barbless

barbless adjective: lacking a barb.

Adjective

barbless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a barb.
    • We used barbless fishhooks in the catch-and-release stream, in order to minimize harm to the fish.
  2. Of a feather, lacking barbs.

Origin of barbless

From barb + -less.

Words formed from barbless

Questions about barbless

What does barbless mean?
Barbless means lacking a barb.
What part of speech is barbless?
Barbless is an adjective.

Words near barbless in the dictionary

  1. Barbizonian
  2. Barbizonians
  3. barble
  4. barbled
  5. barbles
  6. barbless
  7. barblessness
  8. barblet
  9. barblets
  10. Barbo
  11. Barbock

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