BARBET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbet mean? 

• BARBET (noun)
  The noun BARBET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BARBET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("barbet" is a kind of...):

piciform bird (any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood)

Holonyms ("barbet" is a member of...):

Capitonidae; family Capitonidae (barbets)