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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.