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Definition of Barbet

1. Noun. Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings.

Definition of Barbet

1. n. A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.

Definition of Barbet

1. Noun. Any of many birds of the family ''Capitonidae'', within the order ''Piciformes'' ¹

2. Noun. A breed of small dog, with long curly hair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barbet

1. a tropical bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Barbet

1. A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. A bird of the family Bucconidae, 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. A larva that feeds on aphides. Origin: F. Barbet, fr.barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See Barb beard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Barbet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1870)
"By EGBERT SWINHOE, FZS It has been usual to refer the large Himalayan barbet to Bucco virens, Scop., and B. grandis, Gmel., both of which names were given ..."

2. On Safari: Big Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird-life by Abel Chapman (1908)
"There were woodpeckers great and small—some no bigger than creepers; barbet. Colours gold, lemon and crimson, black and white. barbets—thick-set, ..."

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