bocaccio

(bō kä′c̸hō, bə-)

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noun

a large-mouthed marine rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis) found along the California coast

Origin: altered (? after Giovanni Boccaccio) < Sp bocacha, var. of bocaza, large mouth < L bucca: see buccal

See bocaccio in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. bo·cac·cios

A large, edible rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis) of American Pacific waters.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian boccaccia, ugly mouth, or the name Boccaccio)

Origin: of American Spanish bocacho

Origin: , from Spanish bocacha, big mouth

Origin: , from boca, mouth

Origin: , from Old Spanish

Origin: , from Latin bucca

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