BARBICEL
Noun
barbicel (plural barbicels)
Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"bi*cel, n. Etym: [NL. barbicella, dim. of L. barba. See 1st Barb.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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