a fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish (鱼嘴边)触须
a large European freshwater fish of the carp family, which has such filaments hanging from the mouth 鲃鱼
Barbus barbus, family Cyprinidae 拉丁名Barbus barbus,鲤科
[with modifier]an African marine or freshwater fish with barbels round the mouth 非洲鲃
Species in several families, including Tachysurus feliceps (family Aniidae), of southern African coasts and estuaries, whose toxin-coated spines can inflict a dangerous wound 种见于数科,包括南部非洲海岸和河口的蜥海鲇(海鲇科),其毒刺能造成危险创伤
语源
late Middle English (in sense 2): via Old French from late Latin barbellus, diminutive of barbus 'barbel', from barba 'beard'