Barbicels definitions

Barbicels

Little hooks on barbules that interlock wtih adjoining barbules to form the feather vane.
Found on http://www.sialis.org/glossary.htm

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barbicels

Tiny hooks on the barbules that allow them to attach to adjacent barbules, thereby forming the flat surface of a feather vane.
Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter

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Barbicels

tiny hooks that hold a feather's web together
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22440

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