Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barbet \Bar"bet\, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of
   certain animals. See {Barb} beard.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
   (b) A bird of the family {Bucconid[ae]}, 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.
   (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.

Source : WordNet®

barbet
     n : small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having
         short weak wings