BARBETS

Noun

barbets

plural of barbet

Anagrams

• St Barbe, rabbets, stabber

Source: Wiktionary

BARBET

Bar"bet, n. Etym: [F. barbet, fr.barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See Barb beard.] (Zoöl.) (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 aphides.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition