barbet

From French barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”).

barbet (plural barbets)

1. Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
2. A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.

• (dog) French Water Dog

• → Irish: bairbéad

• Barbet (dog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lybiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (African barbet)
• Capitonidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (American barbet)
• Megalaimidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Asian barbet)
• Semnornithidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Toucan-barbet)

• rabbet

From barbe (“beard; long hair of certain animals”) +‎ -et.

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barbet m (plural barbets)

1. barbet (all senses)

• → English: barbet
  • → Irish: bairbéad
• → Romanian: barbet

• “barbet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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barbet m (plural barbets)

1. (Jersey) barb (in fishhook)

Borrowed from French barbet.

barbet m (plural barbeți)

1. barbet (dog)