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NOUN (3)

1. an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently;

2. a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing;
[syn: em, pica em, pica]

3. magpies;
[syn: Pica, genus Pica]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pica \Pi"ca\, n. [L. pica a pie, magpie; in sense 3 prob. named from some resemblance to the colors of the magpie. Cf. Pie magpie.] 1. (Zool.) The genus that includes the magpies. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, such as clay, chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. Syn: allotriophagy. [1913 Webster] 3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. [1913 Webster] Note: Pica is twice the size of nonpareil, and is used as a standard of measurement in casting leads, cutting rules, etc., and also as a standard by which to designate several larger kinds of type, as double pica, two-line pica, four-line pica, and the like. [1913 Webster] Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

allotriophagy \al`lo*tri*oph"a*gy\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[i^]*[o^]f"[.a]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. 'allo`trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie.] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. --AS [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pica n 1: an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non- nutritional objects are eaten persistently 2: a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing [syn: em, pica em, pica] 3: magpies [syn: Pica, genus Pica]