barbless

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lacking a barb.

   We used barbless fishhooks in the catch-and-release stream, in order to minimize harm to the fish.

2. adjective Of a feather, lacking barbs.

Similar words

hooks barless barrierless beakless bristleless barish beardless ribless publess semibarren

Often followed by

hooks hook fishhooks spear arrow flies spines

Word family

barb barbs