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/ˈbɑːbəl/ · noun
A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family..
The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
Use barbel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Barbel means A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family..
Common synonyms include barb, feeler.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.
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