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BARBULE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
a minute barb; especially : one of the processes that fringe the barbs of a feather; see feather illustration. www.merriam-webster.com
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Barbule | anatomy - Britannica
Barbules, the tiny hooks that provide mechanical structure to the vanes and give them aerodynamic integrity. www.britannica.com
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Anatomy: Parts of a Feather | Outside My Window
Each barb is a feather within a feather with a little shaft and little barbs of its own called barbules. When viewed as a whole the barbs are ... www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org
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barbule
barbule (ˈbɑːbjuːl) [ad. L. barbula; see prec.] 1. = barbel 2. (So in med.L.)1848 S. Maunder Treas. Nat. Hist. Gloss., Barbules, filamentous appendages..attached to the mouths of certain fishes. 1872 Baker Nile Tribut. ix. 146 This fish has four long barbules in the upper jaw. 2. One of the series o... Oxford English Dictionary
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Everything You Need To Know About Feathers - Bird Academy
barbulesbarbule<span class=”phonetic”>barb-YOOL</span>one of the secondary branches off a feather barb with small hooks that interlock with nearby barbules. academy.allaboutbirds.org
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barbule, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun barbule is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for barbule is from around 1835–6, in Todd's Cyclopædia of Anatomy ... www.oed.com
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Serikornis
Symmetrical, barbule-free remiges are attached along the forelimbs and elongated feathers of the hind limbs extend to the toes, suggesting that the remiges wikipedia.org
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BARBULE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · a small barb. · any of the small processes fringing the barbs of a feather. barbule. / ˈbɑːbjuːl /. noun. a very small barb. ornithol any of the ... www.dictionary.com
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BARBULE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a very small barb 2. ornithology any of the minute hairs that project from a barb and in some feathers interlock by hooks and grooves, forming a flat vane. www.collinsdictionary.com
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barbules | Definition and example sentences - Cambridge Dictionary
The barbules are tiny strands that criss-cross on the flattened side s of the barbs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC ... dictionary.cambridge.org
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The Feather Atlas Glossary - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Barbule: a lateral branch of a feather barb. Calamus: the hollow inner portion of the feather shaft that lacks barbs and attaches to the ... www.fws.gov
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Lamprotornis
They have glossy blue or green upper parts, which is due to hollow melanin granules arranged in a single layer near the feather barbule's surface. wikipedia.org
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filament
filament (ˈfɪləmənt) [ad. mod.L. fīlāment-um, f. late L. fīlāre to spin, f. fīlum thread. Cf. F. filament.] 1. a. A tenuous thread-like body, resembling a fibre of tow; a minute fibre. Often in scientific use, as applied to animal or vegetable structure.1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 31 The..f... Oxford English Dictionary
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whiting
▪ I. whiting, n. (ˈhwaɪtɪŋ) Forms: 5–6 whytynge, whitynge, (5 wytenge, -yng), 6 whyting, -yng, whityng, -inge, 7 whytting, Sc. quhiting, quhittine, 8 whitting, Sc. whyten, 8–9 Sc. whiten, 6– whiting. [ad. (M)Du. wijting, also † wittingh, MLG. wîtink ‘aculeja’, ‘amia’, ‘asellus’; app. f. white a. + -... Oxford English Dictionary
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Eremopezus
Plumage and beak As birds become flightless, their feathers soon lose the barbule hooks that keep them in shape, becoming more hair-like; when flight performance wikipedia.org
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