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Webster 1913 Edition

Barbet

Bar′bet

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Noun.
[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
Bucconidæ
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barbet

B'ARBET

,
Noun.
A name given by some French writers to a peculiar species of those worms which feed on the puceron or aphis. [See Aphis.]
2.
The Bucco, a genus of birds found in the warm climates of both continents.
3.
A dog, so called from his long hair.

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