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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.

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[Probably from barb.]

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barbet [ˈbɑːbɪt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small tropical brightly coloured bird of the family Capitonidae, having short weak wings and a sharp stout bill with tuftlike feathers at its base: order Piciformes (woodpeckers, etc.)

[from French, ultimately from Latin barbātus bearded, barbate]

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Noun

1.

barbet - 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