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Barbet

Barbet Meaning & Definition
Barbet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barbet?

[n] small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

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See Also | Capitonidae | family Capitonidae | piciform bird

Barbet In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"bet\, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See {Barb} beard.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family {Bucconid[ae]}, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa. (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.

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