barbet

bar·bet

B0071600 (bär′bĭt)n. Any of various brightly colored tropical birds of the order Piciformes that have a broad bill with bristles at the base and are closely related to the toucans.

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[Probably from barb.]

barbet

(ˈbɑːbɪt) n (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)[C18: from French, ultimately from Latin barbātus bearded, barbate]

bar•bet

(ˈbɑr bɪt)

n. any of numerous arboreal birds of the family Capitonidae, of the Old and New World tropics, having bristles at the base of the large bill. [1745–55; < French « Latin barbātus <barb(a) beard]

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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 woodCapitonidae, family Capitonidae - barbets