From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpiccolopic‧co‧lo /ˈpɪkələʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural piccolos) [countable] APMa musical instrument that looks like a small flute
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piccolo• I can sense a piccolo fauxpas when I make one.• The flutes and piccolo act in the same way at still higher altitudes.• Sudden shocks - the screaming piccolo at the height of the storm - are splendid.• Marsalis scales the stratospheric extreme of the piccolo trumpet without a single bobble.• The change from flute to piccolo or viceversa occupies only a few seconds.Origin piccolo (1800-1900) Italian piccolo flauto “small flute” 