Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barbet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbet \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barbet
n : small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having
short weak wings
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