| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| beccafico |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bec·ca·fi·co |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k  -f  k |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. bec·ca·fi·cos
A small songbird or warbler of various genera, especially the European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis), that is eaten as a delicacy in Italy and France. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian : beccare, to peck (from becco, beak, from Latin beccus; see beak) + fico, fig (from Latin f cus).
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