barbet

Etymology
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Noun



 * 1) Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families, , and , within the order.
 * 2) A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.
 * 3) Any larva of an indefinite number of species of the beetle family, that is covered in waxy threads and feeds on aphids and similar small prey.
 * 4) * 1839 John Obadiah Westwood: An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects
 * Réaumur, in his account of the insects which attack the aphides, has described the larva of a Coleopterous insect, which he names "l'hérisson blanc", or "le barbet blanc", of small size, and remarkable for having the body clothed with small bundles of oblong, white, cotton-like "touffes" ... I have met with this larva ... it evidently ... belongs to some species of the genus.

Synonyms

 * (dog) French Water Dog

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Irish: bairbéad


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Französischer Wasserhund
 * Spanish: perro de agua francés

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (all senses)

Noun

 * 1)  barb

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