Meanings (ES + gloss)
picotear
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
The birds pecked at their food.
The rooster had been known to fly on her shoulder and peck her neck, so that now she carried a stick or took one of the children with her when she went to feed the fowls.
bicar
To kiss briefly.
At half past eight, Mr. Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek, and tried to kiss Dudley good-bye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and…
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