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adjectivehaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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"a barbed compliment"adjectivecapable of wounding
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Definition that contains barbed
- gig an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- tick any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
- lance an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- spear an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- barb the pointed part of barbed wire
- stingray large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds
- harpoon a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
- concertina coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- fishhook a sharp barbed hook for catching fish
- abattis a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy