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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Bär'bet, n.

noun

n. [Fr. barbet, from barbe, beard, long hair of certain animals. See BARB.]

  1. A variety of dog having long curly hair.
  2. (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Bucco, characterized by a large, conical, slightly-compressed beak, which is swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles. Baird.
  3. A species of worm that feeds on the aphides. See APHIS.