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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

barbet n 1: small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings