bocaccio

bocaccio
\\bōˈkäˌchō, bəˈ-\ noun (-s)
Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology (influence of Giovanni Boccaccio died 1375 Italian writer) from an American Spanish word derived from Spanish bocacha big mouth, aug. of boca mouth
: a large olive to brown red-flushed rockfish (Sebastodes paucispinis) of the Pacific coast from British Columbia to southern California being an important market fish in the southern part of its range

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