Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BEC-A-FI'CO
BEC-A-FI'CO, n. [It. from the root of pica, peck, beck, and fico, a fig. See Beak.]
A fig-pecker; a bird like a nightingale which feeds on figs and grapes. – Johnson. Prior. Bailey.
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