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Meanings of have a barb in inglés

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Usage of have a barb in inglés
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As a defence mechanism rays have a barb at the base of their tail, which is covered with proteinaceous slime.
Radio NZ
2
You know I have a barbed wire entanglement around the whole yard and hen-house.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
3
But he still had a barb in his armory.
Imajica: Complete Edition
4
That tender, compassionate message had a barbed point which pierced deeper even than the duke's words.
Prisoners: Fast Bound In Misery And Iron
5
He is a conspiracy-minded man who seems to believe the CIA had a barb out for him.
Reuters
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My grandfather had a barb of thees kind-butshe has gone dead, and so have my grandfather.
The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories
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This was when he first became aware that the pole in question had a barbed metal head on one end.
The confusion
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The little corral in which we were allowed to walk had a barbed-wire fence around it- agoodone, too, eight strands, and close together.
Three Times and Out / Told by Private Simmons, Written by Nellie...
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The RSPCA officer who rescued the "panicked" animal said it had a barbed hook in a wing and was left "swinging like a pendulum".
BBC