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# barbel

noun (barbels)

«barbel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A barbel is a freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers at its mouth, which it uses to find food on the river bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/#m1)
2. The barbels are these thin feelers themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a barbel is a fish that talks and comments on the people it sees above the water

### Examples

- The barbel lay still on the river bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/#x1)
- A barbel has feelers like whiskers near its mouth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/#x2)
- The fishermen caught a large barbel in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «barbel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«barbel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barbel.html) on Mova free.