• (British) IPA: /ˈbɑːbəl/

barbel (plural barbels)

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.

2. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
3. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

• French: barbeau
• German: Barbe
• Italian: barbio
• Portuguese: barbo
• Russian: уса́ч
• Spanish: barbo

• Italian: barbiglio
• Portuguese: barbilhão, barbilho