Any of the minute hooked filaments that interlock the barbules of a birds feathers
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barbicelsAny of the minute hooked filaments that interlock the barbules of a bird's feathers
featheredany of the light horny epidermal outgrowths that form the external covering of the body of birds and that consist of a shaft bearing on each side a series of barbs which bear barbules which in turn bear barbicels commonly ending in hooked hamuli and interlocking with the barbules of an adjacent barb to link the barbs into a continuous vane