BOCACCIO


Meaning of BOCACCIO in English

/beuh kah"choh, -chee oh', boh-/ , n. , pl. bocaccios .

a large, brown, big-mouthed rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, of California coastal waters.

[ 1885-90; boccaccio ugly mouth, equiv. to bocc ( a ) mouth ( bucca ) + -accio pejorative suffix, appar. r. an AmerSp fish name of like formation; cf. Sp bocacha big mouth ]

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