Pica Picaresque Picayune Pick Picnic Piccolo Pico

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~ PICA     or PICK
           from lat        see> PICUS below
     it links PEAK with SMALL as if
     SMALL and SHARP TIPS ARE IMPLICIT
     biol> MAGPIE A BIRD ATTRACTED TO 
           ODD OBJECTS 
     in lat PICUS or WOODPECKER  
     .....
     med> PICA DENOTES AN ODD or ABNORMAL 
          CRAVING TO EAT or
     "PICK ON"                  see> PICNIC
              .....
~ PICARESQUE  for PROVOCATIVE as if it could
              WOUND or PROVOKE or PRICK SLIGHTLY
              in sp PICARO = ROGUE
~ PICAYUNE    small SPANISH COIN
              .....
              note PICCANNINY or PICANNINY 
              it denoted SMALL NEGRO CHILD
~ PICCOLO     ital = SMALL
              A SMALL FLUTE LIKE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
~ PICK        TO PIERCE or PRICK or
              PLUCK or GATHER or CHOOSE as in PICK UP
              note vast DERIVATIVES from PICK PRICK
              PICKPOCKET  PICKAX  PIKE  PICKEREL  PEAK
              PICKET  PICKLE  PIQUANCY  PICNIC  PECKER
              gr  PIKROS     SHARP or BITTER as in
                             BITING PRICKLY TASTE as in
             eng PICKLE      note preserved foods and
                 PICNIC      or
             fr  PIQUENIQUE  or PICKNIC 
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~ PICO      prefix to denote SMALL  TINY    sug> PICCOLO
            in music A SMALL WIND INSTRUMENT
            sc> ONE TRILLIONTH or 10 TO THE POWER OF
                MINUS 12 or 1/1000000000000 as in
            PICOGRAM or PICOCURIE
~ PICUMNUS  or PICUS
            implies FERTILITY             sug> PRICK
            myth> BROTHER OF PILUMNUS     sug> PILLOW
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            OLD ITALIAN GOD OF AGRICULTURE
            some say he married POMONA
            SAID TO HAVE INTRODUCED THE USE OF MANURE
~ PICUS     id+ PROPHETIC BIRD        sug> WOODPECKER
            as if
  ply> | PICUS PECKED and PICKED prophecies |
  biol> ins PICUMNA  
        the name implies FERTILITY
  myth> PURELY A ROMAN DEITY
        SON OF SATURN or SATURNUS
  note  SATURN also known as STERCES or STERCULUS
        SUGGESTIVE OF " DUNG HEAP "   see> MANURE 
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  THE BEAUTY OF PICUS ATTRACTED THE LOVE OF 
  CIRCE THE WITCH but PICUS IGNORED HER 
  FOR WHICH HE WAS PUNISHED and turned into a
  PURPLE WOODPECKER 
  .....
  A WOODPECKER ON ITS HEAD
  PICUS AND HIS BROTHER PILUMNUS 
  WATCHED OVER MARRIED LIFE .....
  perhaps 
  ukr PILENA   = DIAPER  also
      PILUSHKA   same    note
      PODUSHKA   PILLOW
  lat PULUINUS   PILLOW or CUSHION
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