Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beccafico

Beccafico ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Italian, from beccare to peck + fico fig.]

(Zoology) 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.