picota

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noun

A machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.

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shadoof
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Meanings

nounpicota (plural picotas)

plural picotas · alternative piccotah · alternative picotta · alternative picottah

  1. A machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.

    Synonyms: shadoof

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA machine for raising water consisting of a long lever or yard, pivotted on an upright post, weighted on the short arm and bearing a line and bucket on the long arm.

Similar
shadoof
Also see
shadoofswape

Origin

  1. Portuguesepicota
  2. Englishpicota

From Portuguese picota.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

atopicCapitocopitapotica
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APA

picota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picota

MLA

“picota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picota. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picota,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picota.

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