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)
Word origin
C18: from French, ultimately from Latin barbātus bearded, barbate
barbet in American English
(ˈbɑrˌbət; ˈbɑrbɪt)
noun
any of a tropical family (Capitonidae) of brightly colored piciform birds having a large, strong bill with bristles at its base