Thesaurus: pica

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1. n. The genus that includes the magpies.
2. n. A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
3. n. A service-book. See Pie.
4. n. A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.
5. n. an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
6. n. a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
7. 1. (Zoöl.) The genus that includes the magpies. 2. (Med.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A service-book. See Pie. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English. Note: This line is printed in pica 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. Small pica (Print.), a size of type next larger than long primer, and smaller than pica. Note: This line is printed in small pica
8. n:100 n. an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently n. magpies