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barbet
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bar·bet  (bärbt)
n.
Any of various brightly colored tropical birds of the family Capitonidae that have a broad bill with bristles at the base and are related to the toucans.
[Probably from barb.]
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Noun1.barbetbarbet - small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
Capitonidae, family Capitonidae - barbets


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