Definition of "barb" []

• A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook. (noun)
• A cutting remark. (noun)
• Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather. (noun)
• Botany A short, sharply hooked bristle or hairlike projection. (noun)
• See barbel1. (noun)

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• "CK Yeo Eirmotus insignis, or the eight-banded barb, is a zebra-striped fish."
• "I've seen guys wrap a bird in barb wire but I would think that this would make thim shy away from grabbing the bird at all."
• "Every time I took my setter out he got mixed up in barb wire and it cost me then $50 un-inflated bucks a crack to have the vet sow him up."