~ PICA     or PICK
^u         from lat        see> PICUS below
     it links PEAK with SMALL as if
     SHARP TIPS ARE BY IMPLICATION SMALL
     biol> MAGPIE          see> PICK below
           A BIRD ATTRACTED TO ODD OBJECTS and
     lat PICUS or WOODPECKER  both have
     "PICK like BEAKS"
     see> PICUMNA below
     note PICA DENOTES AN ODD or
          AN ABNORMAL CRAVING TO EAT or
     "PICK ON" STRANGE OFTEN
     NON NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES LIKE
     PLASTER                    sug> PLASTIC
     CLAY                       sug> SOIL    DIRT
     HAIR                       sug> TRICHOPHAGIA
     PAINT  a SOURCE OF LEAD    sug> PLUMBISM
     STARCH                     sug> AMYLOPHAGIA
     med>     PICA OFTEN IS A SIGNAL OF A
              NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY IN CHILDREN
              AND DURING PREGNANCY
~ PICARESQUE  for PROVOCATIVE as if it could
              WOUND or PROVOKE or PRICK SLIGHTLY
              in sp PICARO = ROGUE
~ PICAYUNE    SPANISH 5 CENT COIN
              SMALL IN VALUE AND SIZE
        hx> COPPER COIN FROM SAVOY and PIEDMONT
            ALSO USED IN LOUISIANA
            PICCANNINY or PICANNINY 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 THE DERIVATIVES FROM PICK ARE VAST
     and reflect ideas regarding
     BEAK and PEAK as in
     PICKPOCKET  PICKAX  PIKE  PICKEREL  PEAK
     PICKET  PICKLE  PIQUANCY  PICNIC  PECKER
     PITCH and PIE as in MAGPIE given above and
     "TO PIQUE" for "TO IRRITATE PROVOKE PRICK"
     eng PEAK        SHARP TIP
     sp  PICO        PEAK and BEAK
         PICAR       TO PICK
     skt PIKAS       CUCKOO BIRD
     lat PICA        MAGPIE
         PICUS       WOODPECKER
     eng PIKE        idea of PIERCING  PENETRATING
         PRICK       as ABOVE
     gr  PIKROS      SHARP or BITTER as in
                     BITING PRICKLY TASTE as in
     eng PICKLE      note preserved foods relate to
     fr  PIQUENIQUE  PICNIC or PICKNIC
                     and further connections lead to
                     sp  PINCHAR or to PINCE as in
                     eng PINCH   suggesting TWEAK TWIST
~ 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
            myth> BROTHER OF PILUMNUS  <see below
                  considerable overlap with PICUS  <see> next
            OLD ITALIAN GOD OF AGRICULTURE
            some say he married POMONA
            SAID TO HAVE INTRODUCED THE USE OF MANURE
~ PICUS     id+ PROPHETIC BIRD
            note link between PICUS and PICO        sug> WOODPECKER
  ply> | PICUS PECKED AND PICKED PROPHECIES |
  biol> ins PICUMNA  implies FERTILITY
  myth> PURELY A ROMAN DEITY
        SON OF SATURN or SATURNUS
  note SATURN WAS ALSO CALLED STERCES or STERCULUS
       SUGGESTIVE OF " DUNG HEAP "        see> MANURE below
  PICUS WAS AN ANCIENT PROPHET AND A GOD OF FORESTS
  PICUS LOVED AND MARRIED POMONA
  THE BEAUTY OF PICUS ATTRACTED THE LOVE OF CIRCE THE WITCH
  PICUS IGNORED HER FOR WHICH HE WAS PUNISHED
  CIRCE TURNED PICUS INTO A PURPLE WOODPECKER        <BEAUTY
  THIS BIRD WAS HELD TO BE A SACRED SYMBOL USED FOR PROPHECY
  THE ROMAN AUGURS or PRIESTS OBSERVED THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS TO
  FORETELL FUTURE EVENTS
  often PICUS IS REPRESENTED AS A WOODEN PILLAR WITH A
  WOODPECKER ON THE TOP or later AS A FIGURE OF A YOUTH WITH
  A WOODPECKER ON ITS HEAD
  PICUS AND HIS BROTHER PILUMNUS WERE CUSTODIANS or    <see below
  WATCHED OVER MARRIED LIFE
  IT WAS THE CUSTOM AT THE BIRTH OF A CHILD TO PREPARE A COT
  PILUMNUS WITH HIS CLUB WOULD DRIVE AWAY
  ALL ILLNESS FROM THE INFANT
  in lat PILUM = A CLUB USED TO POUND GRAIN and
  PICUMNUS WOULD GIVE GROWTH TO THE INFANT
  PICUMNUS IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE INTRODUCED THE USE OF MANURE or
  MANURING OF THE LAND
  THE BROTHERS PILUMNUS AND PICUMNUS COMMITTED MANY GOOD DEEDS
  perhaps THE NAME PILUMNUS RELATES TO
  ukr PILENA   = DIAPER  also
      PILUSHKA   same    note
      PODUSHKA   PILLOW
  lat PULUINUS   PILLOW or CUSHION
  ply> | WOODPECKERS PICK PICA PICUS and PICUMNUS are shareholders |