Search:barbet -> BARBET
barbet
b a r b e t hex:#98;#97;#114;#98;#101;#116;
The Salt of the World?
- Barbet - n. - A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
- Barbet - n. - A bird of the family Bucconidae, 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.
- Barbet - n. - A larva that feeds on aphides.
- Barbette - n. - A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
- Ironsmith - n. - An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith.