Definitions for "Barbed"
Bristles, awns, etc. provided with terminal or lateral spine-like hooks that are bent sharply backward.
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"
with projecting points or bristles.
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.)
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
sharp, metal points, usually on a fence
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Keywords:
nematode, beneficial
Beneficial Nematode
Retrorse projections or hairs.