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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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Origin of beccafico
1620–25; <Italian: literally, figpecker <beccare “to peck” (<becco “beak” <Latin beccus ) + fico “fig” (<Latin ficus )
Words nearby beccafico
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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 BorrowThe 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 MarsdenBeccafico, a European bird (Sylvia hortensis), the garden-warbler.
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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