beccafico (bekafeko)

[Also written beca fico, beccafica, beccafigue, etc. (cf. F. becfigue ), It. beccafico, E. beck, beak1 ), + fico, a fig, of the family Sylviida, or warblers, which peck figs, or were supposed to do so. The application names; miscall. N. E. D. becalm (bē-käm'), v. t. [ be -1 + calm .] 1. of the word is indeterminate; but it has been, perhaps, beaver-rat (bē'ver-rat), n. 1. The name in Australia of the murine rodents of the family Muridæ and genus Hydromys (which see). They are aquatic animals of Australia and Tasmania, inhabiting To make calm or still; make quiet; calm. the banks bordering both salt and fresh water, swimming and diving with ease, and in general economy resembling The moon shone clear on the becalmed flood. Dryden. most frequently used in connection with the garden-warbler, Sylvia hortensis (Bechstein), Curruca hortensis of some authors. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary beccafico In extended use -2. One of sundry small American birds, as some of those formerly included in a genus Ficedula. - 3. The European golden oriole, Oriolus galbula.