beccafico

[ bek-uh-fee-koh ]

/ ˌbɛk əˈfi koʊ /

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noun

a small songbird, especially the European garden warbler, Silvia hortensis, eaten as a delicacy in France and the Mediterranean region.

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Also called Orphean warbler .

Origin of beccafico

1620–25; <Italian: literally, figpecker <beccare “to peck” (<becco “beak” <Latin beccus ) + fico “fig” (<Latin ficus )

Words nearby beccafico

becalmed, became, becard, caught with one's pants down, be, because, beccafico, Beccaria, béchamel, béchamel sauce, bechance, Béchar

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How to use beccafico in a sentence

There is Malvoisia sack,” said the man in black, “and partridge, and beccafico.
Lavengro|George Borrow
The young birds themselves are said to be very delicate food, and not inferior in richness of flavour to the beccafico.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden
Beccafico, a European bird (Sylvia hortensis), the garden-warbler.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various
She had just finished a beccafico, and seemed disposed for conversation.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece|John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for beccafico

beccafico

/ (ˌbɛkəˈfiːkəʊ) /

noun plural -cos

any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries

Word Origin for beccafico

C17: from Italian, from beccare to peck + fico fig, from Latin fīcus

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