Figpecker

Figpecker
Figpecker Fig"peck`er (f[i^]g"p[e^]k`[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis} or {Currica, hortensis}); -- called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • figpecker — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : beccafico …   Useful english dictionary

  • beccafico — Figpecker Fig peck er (f[i^]g p[e^]k [ e]r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis} or {Currica, hortensis}); called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Currica hortensis — Figpecker Fig peck er (f[i^]g p[e^]k [ e]r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis} or {Currica, hortensis}); called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • greater pettychaps — Figpecker Fig peck er (f[i^]g p[e^]k [ e]r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis} or {Currica, hortensis}); called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sylvia hortensis — Figpecker Fig peck er (f[i^]g p[e^]k [ e]r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The European garden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis} or {Currica, hortensis}); called also {beccafico} and {greater pettychaps}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Allorhina nitida — Figeater Fig eat er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A large beetle ({Allorhina nitida}) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See {Figpecker}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Figeater — Fig eat er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A large beetle ({Allorhina nitida}) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See {Figpecker}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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