barbel

Example Sentences

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Catfish are aquatic animals known for their barbels that look like whiskers around their lips.

From Los Angeles Times

It has a black, elongated, eel-like body, with a long, fleshy filament called a barbel hanging from its lower jaw with a bioluminescent organ called a photophore on the end to lure prey.

From Reuters

The dragonfish, a dweller of the dark ocean depths, would slot nicely into any horror movie, with virtually transparent fangs and bioluminescent barbel that help it thrive in its extreme environment.

From The Guardian

If Galagadon resembled its existing relatives, it was a blunt-faced bottom-dweller with barbels by its mouth like a catfish and camouflage patterning.

From Reuters

“They have these barbels that hang off their chin and these huge eyes, and their skin is mucousy and squishy.”

From National Geographic