barbel

• Órgano sensorial alargado y flexible, parecido a un bigote, que se encuentra en la mandíbula o el hocico de algunos peces y sirve para percibir el entorno.

A slender, whisker-like tactile organ located on the jaws or snout of certain fish, used for sensing the environment.

1. Fish sensory organC1formal

   A slender, whisker-like tactile organ found near the mouth of certain fish, used for sensing the environment.

   Barbilla de pez

   • Catfish use their barbels to locate food in murky water.
   • The fish's barbels twitched as it searched the riverbed.
   • Some species have long, flowing barbels that resemble whiskers.

   Sinónimoswhisker