beccaccian.
/bɛkˈkattʃa/ A woodcock.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Scolopax (woodcock)
woodcockc1050
wood-snitec1050
cock1736
beccaccia1855
wood-snipe1887
1855 R. Browning Old Pictures in Florence xxxv, in Men & Women II. 47 Fine as the beak of a young beccaccia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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