plural of barb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barb

present participle of barb

Harshly critical or blunt; sarcastic.

(law) Abbreviation of Barbados.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of barbituric acid derivatives used as hypnotics.

A short protrusion marked by ridges or dull barbs useful for securing a rubber hose or tube.

Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.

spanner barb

A freshwater, open-water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Systomus lateristriga syn. Puntius lateristriga.