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pico-

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pico- (combining form)
  2. Pico della Mirandola (biographical name)
  3. Pico Rivera (geographical name)
  4. Aneto, Pico de (geographical name)
  5. Bolívar, Pico (geographical name)

pico-

combining form

Definition of PICO-

1
: one trillionth (10−12) part of <picogram>
2
: very small <picornavirus>

Origin of PICO-

International Scientific Vocabulary, probably from Spanish pico small amount, literally, peak, beak

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