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Barbet
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
2. 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.
3. A larva that feeds on aphides.