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- noun Plural form of
barbicel .
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Examples
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The barbules have small hook-like processes called barbicels.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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And on the barbicels of some feathers are even tinier branchlets, microscopic hamuli, which allow even more air to be trapped in the feather.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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Except for the flight feathers on wings and tail, the top third of hummingbird feathers lack barbicels and hamuli.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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