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Webster 1913 Edition


Beccafico


Becˊca-fi′co

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Beccaficos
.
[It., fr.
beccare
to peck +
fico
fig.]
(Zool.)
A small bird. (
Silvia hortensis
), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.

Definition 2024


beccafico

beccafico

English

Noun

beccafico (plural beccaficos)

  1. A small bird, Sylvia hortensis, the figpecker.


Italian

Noun

beccafico m (plural beccafichi)

  1. garden warbler, fig-eater