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barbules the hooked processes that fringe adjacent barbs of a bird's feather. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Barbules, smaller fibers that branch from the barbs, can sport small hooklets that lock onto adjacent barbs or barbules. Feathers have a central shaft with barbules radiating from it; down plumules grow in soft, little tufts all over a bird's skin, underneath its feathers. Hoskin was taking umbrage at an article in Consumer Reports magazine in 1992 that charged that half the cans of tuna it tested contained "insect parts," "hairs," "fish scales," and "feather barbules. |
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