beccafico

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beccafico - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beccafico \Bec`ca*fi"co\, n.; 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.
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  Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
     The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or Currica, hortensis
     ); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps
     .
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