Home › Words › P › picotapicotapicota · 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.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Portuguese picota.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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).