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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small flute pitched an octave above a regular flute.
  2. adj. Of, relating to, or being a musical instrument considerably smaller than the usual size: a piccolo trumpet; a piccolo concertina.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small flute, sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute. Also called flauto piccolo, octave-flute, ottavino, and ottavius.
  2. n. An organ-stop giving tones like those of a piccolo.
  3. n. The small or treble bugle, usually pitched in E flat.

Wiktionary

  1. n. music An instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher.
  2. n. A waiter's assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
  3. n. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Mus.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.
  2. n. (Mus.) A small upright piano.
  3. n. (Mus.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute

Etymologies

  1. French, from Italian, short for (flauto) piccolo, small (flute).Italian, small. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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