BECCAFICO
\bɛkˈafɪkˌə͡ʊ], \bɛkˈafɪkˌəʊ], \b_ɛ_k_ˈa_f_ɪ_k_ˌəʊ]\
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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bek-a-f[=e]'ko, n. a small bird of the family of Sylviadæ or Warblers, considered a delicacy by the Italians:--pl. BECCAFI'COES. [It., from beccare to peck, and fico, a fig.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).