barbets

Meaning of barbets

plural noun

a large-headed, brightly coloured fruit-eating bird that has a stout bill with tufts of bristles at the base. Barbets are found on all continents, especially in the tropics.

late 16th century (denoting a poodle): from French, from barbe ‘beard’ (see barb1). The current sense dates from the early 19th century.

Information about barbets

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of barbets is: barbet.
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Hyphenation of barbets

bar-bets

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • barbets is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of barbets

rabbets, stabber

Words that rhyme with barbets

bets, abets, alphabets, analphabets, drabbets, ebbets, flibbertigibbets, gibbets, gobbets, rabbets, Tebets, Thibets, quodlibets, thibets, zibets, gambets, zerumbets, overbets, sherbets, sorbets

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