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adj. - Having or covered with protective quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..

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Usage examples (3)
  • It is a horse with a short barbellate mane
  • We drew from the river shining blue perch heavier than the fattest man in our company, and there were huge catfish, with barbellate whiskers as long as my arm, that were...
  • Trichome. glabrous: no hairs of any kind present. arachnoid, arachnose: with many fine, entangled hairs giving a cobwebby appearance. barbellate: with finely barbed...
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