Barbule

[bɑ:bju:l]

(n.) A very minute barb or beard.

(n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

Checker: Zelig

n. (bot.) a small barb or beard: a pointed barb-like process fringing the barbs of a feather.

Checked by Bernie