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Meanings of barbel in English

Portuguese
barbo
Catalan
barba

Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.

barbo
Usage of barbel in English
1
The fish commonly caught are mullet, perch, barbel, gudgeon, bream, and chub.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
2
Yes, a leopard recently catched a barbel from a small puddle.
The South African
3
There were two dozen and one barbel, the largest 7 lb.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
4
The kinds most common are barbel, carp, dace, bleak, and gudgeon.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: ...
5
MATELOTE.- Arichfish-stew, which is generally composed of carp, eels, trout, or barbel.
The Book of Household Management
6
Of course, the elusive barbel was the main attraction.
The Irish Times
7
Why the barbel should choose that particular ground to try conclusions I am not aware.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
8
The finest barbel ever drawn from the Loire!
Droll Stories — Volume 1
9
He got up and walked over to where an enormous barbel was lying in the sand.
The South African
10
The uncertainty of barbel and barbel fishing was illustrated by the sequel to our day on the Thames.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
11
The Loach is not unlike the shape of the Eel: he has a beard or wattles like a barbel.
The Compleat Angler
12
One uses carp, eels, tench, roach, perches, barbel, for the real waterzoei is always made of different kinds of fish.
The Belgian Cookbook
13
The writhing barbel were too much of a temptation and so the leopard slowly approached the puddle -planning the hunt.
The South African
14
Carp and barbel are the principal fresh-water sorts, and of these the former grows to a very great size in the Euphrates.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1: ...
15
I was quartered in a remote station, and to pass the time used to go fishing for big barbel in the river.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
16
Fish are abundant in the rivers and marshes, principally barbel and carp, which latter grow to a great size in the Euphrates.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1: ...
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Translations for barbel
Portuguese
barbo
Catalan
barba
Barbel through the time