barbet


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barbet /ˈbɑːbɪt/
noun a brightly coloured fruit-eating songbird, chiefly tropical, that has a stout bill with tufts of bristles at the base. [Family Capitonidae: numerous species.]
– origin C16 (orig. denoting a poodle): from Fr., from barbe (see barb1).
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