Associations to the word «Barbet»

Wiktionary

BARBET, noun. Any of many birds of the family Capitonidae, within the order Piciformes
BARBET, noun. A breed of small dog, with long curly hair.
BARBET, noun. A larva that feeds on aphids.

Dictionary definition

BARBET, noun. Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope