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单词 beccafico
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beccafico

[ bek-uh-fee-koh ]
/ ˌbɛk əˈfi koʊ /

noun

a small songbird, especially the European garden warbler, Silvia hortensis, eaten as a delicacy in France and the Mediterranean region.
Also called Orphean warbler .

Origin of beccafico

1620–25; <Italian: literally, figpecker <beccare “to peck” (<becco “beak” <Latin beccus ) + fico “fig” (<Latin ficus )

Words nearby beccafico

becalmed, became, becard, caught with one's pants down, be, because, beccafico, Beccaria, béchamel, béchamel sauce, bechance, Béchar
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Example sentences from the Web for beccafico

  • Beccafico, a European bird (Sylvia hortensis), the garden-warbler.

    The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various
  • The 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 Marsden
  • 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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