barbule

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Through a common magnifying glass each tiny barbule was seen to be ringed with gray and silvery white, so finely that the rings could hardly be seen.

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  1. noun Zoology A small barb or pointed projection, especially one of the small projections fringing the edges of the barbs of feathers.

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  • Through a common magnifying glass each tiny barbule was seen to be ringed with gray and silvery white, so finely that the rings could hardly be seen. —  In Nesting Time
 

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  1. Latin barbula, diminutive of barba, beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin barbula, diminutive of barba, beard.
 

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/ˈbɑrbjul/
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