Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Barbed or bearded; barbate: as, “a dart uncommonly barbated,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having barbed points.
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- adjective Having
barbed points .
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Examples
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Brush-like: antennae with the joints laterally produced and tufted with short hair or bristles: see barbated.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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