beccaficon.

/bɛkkaˈfiko/

Forms: 1600s–1800s beccafigo, 1600s becchafigge, 1700s–1800s beccafica, 1700s beccifigo, bucoficco, 1800s becafico, becafica, beccafigue, 1600s– beccafico.

Etymology: Italian; lit. ‘fig-pecker,’ < beccare to peck + fico fig.

A name given in Italy to small migratory birds of the genus Sylvia, much esteemed as dainties in the autumn, when they have fattened on figs and grapes: they are identified with the British Pettychaps and Blackcaps.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap)

fig-bird1576

snap-fig1603

beccafico1621

fig-pecker1647

fig-finch1655

black cap1678

fig-eater1678

nettle-monger1712

mockingbird1883

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico)

fig-bird1576

snap-fig1603

beccafico1621

fig-pecker1647

fig-finch1655

pettichaps1673

fig-eater1678

nettle-monger1712

garden warbler1817

nettle creeper1984

1621 Burton in Lamb Cur. Fragm. (1823) 574 Beccaficos which men in Sussex eat.

1708 W. King Art of Cookery 12 Quail, Bucoficcoes, Ortelans, were sent To grace the Levee of a Gen'ral's Tent.

1734 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. ii. 39 Children sacred held a Martin's nest, Till Becca-ficos sold so dev'lish dear.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xl. 21 I also like to dine on becaficas.

1835 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. 77 The Beccafico annually visits the fig orchard near that place [Worthing].

1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres I. vii. 144 Delicious little beccafigues, of which a hundred may be shot in one tree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	beccafico
释义	beccaficon. /bɛkkaˈfiko/ Forms: 1600s–1800s beccafigo, 1600s becchafigge, 1700s–1800s beccafica, 1700s beccifigo, bucoficco, 1800s becafico, becafica, beccafigue, 1600s– beccafico. Etymology: Italian; lit. ‘fig-pecker,’ < beccare to peck + fico fig. A name given in Italy to small migratory birds of the genus Sylvia, much esteemed as dainties in the autumn, when they have fattened on figs and grapes: they are identified with the British Pettychaps and Blackcaps. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia atricapilla (blackcap) fig-bird1576 snap-fig1603 beccafico1621 fig-pecker1647 fig-finch1655 black cap1678 fig-eater1678 nettle-monger1712 mockingbird1883 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Sylvia > sylvia hortensis (beccafico) fig-bird1576 snap-fig1603 beccafico1621 fig-pecker1647 fig-finch1655 pettichaps1673 fig-eater1678 nettle-monger1712 garden warbler1817 nettle creeper1984 1621 Burton in Lamb Cur. Fragm. (1823) 574 Beccaficos which men in Sussex eat. 1708 W. King Art of Cookery 12 Quail, Bucoficcoes, Ortelans, were sent To grace the Levee of a Gen'ral's Tent. 1734 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. ii. 39 Children sacred held a Martin's nest, Till Becca-ficos sold so dev'lish dear. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xl. 21 I also like to dine on becaficas. 1835 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. 77 The Beccafico annually visits the fig orchard near that place [Worthing]. 1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres I. vii. 144 Delicious little beccafigues, of which a hundred may be shot in one tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1621
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