bar·bet (bär b t)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.] |
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 wingspiciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood Capitonidae, family Capitonidae - barbets |
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