BARBULES

Noun

barbules

plural of barbule

Source: Wiktionary


BARBULE

Bar"bule, n. Etym: [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]

1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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