'Beccafico' definitions:
Definition of 'Beccafico'
From: GCIDE
- Beccafico \Bec`ca*fi"co\, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr. beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zool.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'beccafico'
From: GCIDE
- Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica, hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster]