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pic⋅co⋅lo

  [pik-uh-loh]
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–noun, plural -los.
a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute.
Origin:
1855–60; < It: lit., small
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pic·co·lo 1   (pĭk'ə-lō')   
n.   pl. pic·co·los
A small flute pitched an octave above a regular flute.

[French, from Italian, short for (flauto) piccolo, small (flute).]
pic'co·lo'ist n.
pic·co·lo 2   (pĭk'ə-lō')   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being a musical instrument considerably smaller than the usual size: a piccolo trumpet; a piccolo concertina.

[Italian, small.]
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Cultural Dictionary

piccolo [(pik-uh-loh)]

A small, high-pitched flute.

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Word Origin & History

piccolo 
1856, from Fr. piccolo, from It. flauto piccolo "small flute," from piccolo "small," perhaps a children's made-up word or from picca "point," or perhaps from V.L. root *pikk- "little," related to *piccare "to pierce" (see pike (2)).
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piccolo

(Italian: "small flute"), highest pitched woodwind instrument of orchestras and military bands. It is a small transverse (horizontally played) flute of conical or cylindrical bore, fitted with Boehm-system keywork and pitched an octave higher than the ordinary concert flute.

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