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| beccafico |
any of several small European songbirds, sometimes eaten as a delicacy. |
| caviar |
sturgeon eggs, salted and eaten as a delicacy. |
| dainty |
a delicious bit of food; delicacy. [1/4 definitions] |
| ortolan |
a small brown European bunting, sometimes eaten as a delicacy. |
| tomalley |
the lobster's liver, considered a culinary delicacy. |
| truffle |
any of various fungi growing as parasites on tree roots and bearing underground an edible growth that is a great delicacy. [1/2 definitions] |
| viand |
an article of food, esp. a delicacy. [1/2 definitions] |
| wild rice |
a tall aquatic grass of the northern United States and Canada that bears edible grain that is considered a delicacy. |
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