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• barble (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“barbel”); barbus itself is from barba (“beard”). By surface analysis, Latin barb(us) (“beard, barbel”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix), and also, by surface analysis, barb (“sharp, extruding structure”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɑːbəl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɑːɹbəl/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)bəl

名詞

barbel (plural barbels)

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.

   Hypernyms: cyprinid < fish < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Synonym: barb

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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.

2. A barb or pap under the tongue of a cow or horse.

   Synonym: barb

   Hypernyms: part, structure

3. (biology) A whisker-like sensory organ, located around the mouth of certain fish, including carp, catfish, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.

   Synonym: barb

   Hypernyms: cirrus < appendage < part, structure

派生語

• barbel steed

参考

アナグラム

• Babler, barble, rabble