Beccafico Definition

bĕkə-fēkō
beccafico
noun
Any of various small songbirds that are eaten as a delicacy in Italy and France.
American Heritage
Any of several small European songbirds, esp. certain warblers (genus Sylvia), eaten as a delicacy esp. in Italy.
Webster's New World

A small bird, Sylvia hortensis, the figpecker.

Wiktionary

Origin of Beccafico

  • Italian beccare to peck (from becco beak) (from Latin beccus beak) fico fig (from Latin fīcus)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian

    From Wiktionary

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