barbule

English

noun

Definitions

(botany) A small barb or beard.
(ornithology) Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin barbula (little beard).

Origin

Latin

barbula

Gloss

little beard

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

barba Latin
barbula Latin
barbule French
barbel Old French
barbur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan