The lower jaw of the haddock is slightly shorter than the upper jaw and the fish has a small single barbel. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
It lacks teeth, lacks the chin barbel, has a non-functional gut, and is dark brown rather than black. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
The female sports small eyes, a chin barbel, and long fang-like teeth, which are used for catching its primary food item - other fishes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
A useful aid to hygiene is keeping a few predacious fish, such as barbel (Clarias spp.), in each pool to clean up scraps of uneaten food. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
It will benefit species such as barbel, chub and dace in particular. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The first consists of carp, tench, barbel and bream. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Why the barbel should choose that particular ground to try conclusions. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
The barbel is extremely capricious, abnormally so of late years in the. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
My acquaintance with barbel is also so limited that it counts for little. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
In the former are several varieties, and some of enormous size, resembling the barbel. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829] Reference
All these fish are capricious feeders, carp and barbel being particularly undependable. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Besides that string of four-ounce dace, we have every now and then a sample of barbel and trout. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
The uncertainty of barbel and barbel fishing was illustrated by the sequel to our day on the Thames. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
There were two dozen and one barbel, the largest 7 lb. and the smallest 3 lb., the average being about 4 lb. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
The barbel took the gentles as freely as worms, and greaves as freely as gentles, but I noticed that the fish were smaller. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
It must be confessed that if the barbel is of poor esteem as food, he is the very gamest of the coarse fishes and a fighter to the last. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Of these carp, tench and bream are either river or pool fish, while the barbel is found only in rivers, principally in the Thames and Trent. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
That swim was diligently tried after our visit, but I had reason for knowing that not another barbel was taken there during the entire winter. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
The handling of a rod under such circumstances, with a fine line like that with which you always ought to fish for barbel, requires great care. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Then why don't they call them barbel, sir, like we do?. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris] Reference
Gilray -- that if it had not been for a barbel she might not have said. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke] Reference
She did so; and after playing his barbel for ten minutes Gilray landed it. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke] Reference
The fish most plentiful in Assyria are the same as in Babylonia, namely, barbel and carp. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
You can ask a question at any time, but, even at Molesey, barbel are only to be got now and then. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke] Reference
With a pinky fairness of skin, he was like a young barbel frisking and gliding about in deep water. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
It is recorded that a mullus (sea barbel), weighing but eight pounds, sold for eight thousand sesterces. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
I was quartered in a remote station, and to pass the time used to go fishing for big barbel in the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty-Nine Steps] Reference
They appear to be of one sort only, viz., barbel, but are abundant, and often grow to a considerable size. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
Once, I believe, he repeated his question; but in reply she only asked him if he had caught any more barbel. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke] Reference
Carp and barbel are the principal fresh-water sorts, and of these the former grows to a very great size in the Euphrates. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
However, it was the fat snowy-white barbel that supplied the liveliest brightness in this gigantic collection of still life. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
Fish are abundant in the rivers and marshes, principally barbel and carp, which latter grow to a great size in the Euphrates. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
I remember this clearly because I was fishing for barbel in the pools below Tumbu and measured the depth with my fishing line. From Wordnik.com. [Green Options] Reference
I saw two unpromising, quick barbel chase each other upstream from bank to bank as we solemnly arranged our hooks and sinkers. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Twin and Other Stories] Reference
At the valley-bottom a little stream, that would be a river after the first rains, wimpled over sandstone boulders, the barbel rose at flies. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
She ought to take all the rubbish off, and go as we do; then she would look something like a respectable barbel, so far as it is possible for. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
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