barbel
/ˈbɑːbəl/noun
1
- a fleshy filament growing from the mouth or snout of a fish（鱼嘴边的）触须。
2
- a large European freshwater fish of the carp family, which has such filaments hanging from the mouth鲃鱼。
2.1
- Barbus barbus, family Cyprinidae.拉丁名Barbus barbus,鲤科。
3
- with modifier an African marine or freshwater fish with barbels round the mouth非洲鲃。
3.1
- Species in several families, including Tachysurus feliceps (family Ariidae), 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。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： via Old French from late Latin barbellus, diminutive of barbus 'barbel'， from barba 'beard'.