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Definition of barbes:
(n) :
(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
(n) :
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
(n) :
(ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
(n) :
(US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
(n) :
(ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
(v) :
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
Definition of barbes:
(n) :
(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
(n) :
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
(n) :
(ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
(n) :
(US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
(n) :
(ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
(v) :
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
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