Animal Appendages

noun a type of freshwater fish with barbels, such as the barbel fish in Europe

• The barbel is a type of fish known for its distinctive whisker-like barbels.
• I caught a huge barbel while fishing at the river yesterday.
• That barbel is one slippery sucker, I tell ya!
• His barbel-like intuition always helps him navigate through tricky situations.

noun a long, flexible snout or trunk, especially of an elephant

• The elephant uses its proboscis to pick up food and drink water.
• Did you see how the elephant used its long nose, or proboscis, to grab the fruit?
• That elephant's proboscis is like a built-in straw!
• Her proboscis of curiosity led her to ask probing questions about the topic.