2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Barbet \Bar"bet\, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See {Barb} beard.] (Zool.) (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 aphids. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: barbet n : small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
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