different between barbel vs dragonfish

English

Alternative forms

• barble

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??b?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?l

Noun

barbel (plural barbels)

1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
2. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
3. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Translations

Anagrams

• barble, rabble

Old French

Etymology 1

From barbe + -el, or by analogy from Latin barbula.

Noun

barbel m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

1. barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)

Descendants

• French: barbelé

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).

Noun

barbel m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

1. barbel (fish)

Descendants

• English: barbel
• French: barbeau

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (barbel)

English

Etymology

dragon +? fish

Noun

dragonfish (plural dragonfishes or dragonfish)

1. Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.

Derived terms

• black dragonfish