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bocaccio

Syllabification: (bo·cac·cio)
Definition of bocaccio

noun (plural bocaccios)

  • an edible rockfish, of particular commercial importance in California.
    • Sebastes paucispinis, family Scorpaenidae

Origin:

ultimately from American Spanish bocacho 'big-mouth(ed)'

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