Bĕc'a-fī'co, n.

(fĕ/kō), n.; pl. BĔC/CA-FĪ'CŌES. [It. beccafico, from beccare, to peck, and fico, a fig; Sp. becafigo.] (Ornith.) 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, &c.