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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bar·bel·late a.  Bot. Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 barbellate
      adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
            or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
            mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
            whiskers" [syn: barbed, briary, briery, bristled,
             bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
             spiny, thorny]