barbel

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Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

Filiform barbels, for probing mud, sprouted under the chin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its huge, frowning mouth was framed with lashing barbels as thick around as pencils.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Its head is large and broad, its mouth wide, furnished with six barbels, of which those of the upper jaw are very long.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In KU 55977 the lateral pair of barbels is forked at the base.

From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by Duellman, William E.