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

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  • There, bending over barbet pieces, I overheard fragments of their conversation.
  • Chaplin's barbet (Lybius chaplini) is endemic to south central Zambia, concentrated in the Kafue basin between Kafue National Park and Lusaka.
  • Capitonidae Golden-naped barbet Megalaima pulcherrima
  • The great Himalayan barbet attains a length of 13 inches.
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  • The "barbet" (curly-haired dog or tropical bird) stood by the "barbette" (part of a warship).
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