Common name | Barbel steed |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Crawford, R., 1993 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | morphology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'barbel', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979); 'steed', Middle English 'stede', from Old English 'steda', i.e., 'stallion'; akin to Old English 'stod', i.e., 'stud' (Ref. 27888). |