see|Pica
English

Pronunciation
AHD|pīk�, IPA|/�paɪk�/, SAMPA|"paIk@/
rhymes|aɪk�

Etymology 1
From Latin pica#Latin|pīca, �magpie�, �jay� (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything)

Noun
pica

1. A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.

See also
geophagy

Usage notes
wikipedia|Pica (disorder)
Nearly all children pass through a phase of normal mental development in which they experience pica; some adults with severe mental retardation never develop beyond this phase, and experience pica throughout their lives.

Etymology 2
etystub

Noun
en-noun

1. A unit of print size in typography equivalent to about one sixth of an inch or 1 / 6 of an inch, or about 4.233 millimetres; equal to 12 points.

Derived terms
pica point

See also
em
en
point

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Category:Units of measure

Bosnian

Noun
pica f s (p: pice)

1. pizza

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Catalan

Noun
pica

1. bowl

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Latin

Noun
pica f (plural picae)

1. magpie, jay

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Serbian

Noun
pica f s (p: pice)

1. pizza

Cyrillic spelling
пи�а#Serbian|пи�а

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Slovene

Pronunciation
IPA|['pi.ʦ�]|lang=sl

Noun
infl|sl|noun|gender=f

1. pizza

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