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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Barbet | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Barbet \Bar"bet\, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See {Barb} beard.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family {Bucconid[91]}, 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 aphides. | |
