barbet

/bahr-bit/US // ˈbɑr bɪt //UK // (ˈbɑːbɪt) //

巴贝,巴贝特,巴布特,巴比伦

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.

There, bending over barbet pieces, I overheard fragments of their conversation.
Every now and again the green barbet emits his curious chuckling laugh, followed by a monotonous kutur, kutur, kuturuk.
The green barbet calls spasmodically throughout December, but, as a rule, only in the afternoon.
The most toucan-like of them all is the great Himalayan barbet (Megalæma marshallorum).
And the 'fiacre' was ordered to go as fast as possible to the Rue Barbet-de-Jouy.