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<ornithology> 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.
Origin: It, fr. Beccare to peck + fico fig.
(01 Mar 1998)
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