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picota

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From Portuguese picota.

noun picotas · piccotah · picotta · picottah

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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@misc{picota_2026,
  title = {picota},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picota},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}