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单词 barbet
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Definition of barbet in English:

barbet

noun ˈbɑːbɪtˈbɑrbət
  • A large-headed, brightly coloured fruit-eating bird that has a stout bill with tufts of bristles at the base. Barbets are found on all continents, especially in the tropics.

    Family Capitonidae: numerous genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lovebirds, barbets, tits and finches warm themselves in the cozy chambers built by the weavers.
    • Look at the coppersmith, or the crimson breasted barbet.
    • The green hills are a-quiver with babblers, bushchats, bulbuls, barbets, crow pheasants, and the laughing thrush of the Palni hills.
    • Flying in the lower level of trees are the colorful Muller's barbet, and the Formosan bulbul, both of which are endemic to Taiwan.
    • ‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a poodle): from French, from barbe 'beard' (see barb1). The current sense dates from the early 19th century.

 
 

Definition of barbet in US English:

barbet

nounˈbärbətˈbɑrbət
  • A large-headed, brightly colored fruit-eating bird that has a stout bill with tufts of bristles at the base. Barbets are found on all continents, especially in the tropics.

    Family Capitonidae: numerous genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The green hills are a-quiver with babblers, bushchats, bulbuls, barbets, crow pheasants, and the laughing thrush of the Palni hills.
    • Flying in the lower level of trees are the colorful Muller's barbet, and the Formosan bulbul, both of which are endemic to Taiwan.
    • ‘We feed the birds in our garden and have enjoyed seeing several parents feeding their young - among them bulbuls, barbets, mousebirds and weavers,’ she says.
    • Lovebirds, barbets, tits and finches warm themselves in the cozy chambers built by the weavers.
    • Look at the coppersmith, or the crimson breasted barbet.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a poodle): from French, from barbe ‘beard’ (see barb). The current sense dates from the early 19th century.

 
 
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