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Fico
(gcide) | Fico \Fi"co\, n.; pl. Ficoes. [It., a fig, fr. L.ficus. See
Fig.]
A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of
one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers,
expressing. A fig for you.
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Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. --Shak.
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Beccafico
(gcide) | Beccafico \Bec`ca*fi"co\, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica,
hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater
pettychaps}.
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beccafico
(gcide) | Beccafico \Bec`ca*fi"co\, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]Figpecker \Fig"peck`er\ (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The European garden warbler (Sylvia hortensis or {Currica,
hortensis}); -- called also beccafico and {greater
pettychaps}.
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Beccaficos
(gcide) | Beccafico \Bec`ca*fi"co\, n.; pl. Beccaficos. [It., fr.
beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zool.)
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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Ficoes
(gcide) | Fico \Fi"co\, n.; pl. Ficoes. [It., a fig, fr. L.ficus. See
Fig.]
A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of
one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers,
expressing. A fig for you.
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Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. --Shak.
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Magnifico
(gcide) | Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. Magnificoes. [It. See
Magnific.]
1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.
--Shak.
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2. A rector of a German university.
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Magnificoes
(gcide) | Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. Magnificoes. [It. See
Magnific.]
1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.
--Shak.
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2. A rector of a German university.
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Pacifico
(gcide) | Pacifico \Pa*ci"fi*co\, n. [Sp. See Pacific.]
A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the
natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose
the Spanish arms.
While we were going through the woods one of the
pacificos pointed to a new grave. --Harper's
Weekly.
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Tenebrificous
(gcide) | Tenebrificous \Ten`e*brif"ic*ous\, a.
Tenebrific.
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Authors who are tenebrificous stars. --Addison.
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Tryngites subruficollis
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
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magnifico
(wn) | magnifico
n 1: a person of distinguished rank or appearance |
podiceps ruficollis
(wn) | Podiceps ruficollis
n 1: small European grebe [syn: dabchick, little grebe,
Podiceps ruficollis] |
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