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Type Words
Synonyms em, pica em
Type of linear measure, linear unit
Type Words
Synonyms genus pica
Type of bird genus
Type Words
Type of eating disorder
Has types geophagy, geophagia

Examples of pica

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Pica frequently alludes to communal experience, be that a schoolroom or a party.
From the guardian.co.uk
For all wage earners, this year's PICA deductions will be bigger and last longer.
From the time.com
And does anyone in the burgeoning food community that is WoM know what pica pica is?
From the guardian.co.uk
The three Fringe World shows now at PICA all push the boundaries of theatre.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
At the time, OCLC held 60% of the shares in OCLC PICA, while the Pica foundation held 40%.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Pica is the term used to describe the eating of non-food substances, such as clay or dirt.
From the sciencedaily.com
Nashville-based PICA wrote $99 million in premium last year and has $284 million in assets.
From the al.com
Farther up the road, he once spent hours watching a pica, a cold-loving cousin of the rabbit.
From the sacbee.com
In case you haven't noticed, every newspaper worth a pica pole has a bar across the street.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
More examples
  • An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
  • Em: a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
  • Magpies
  • Pu00EDu010Da (Czech pronunciation: ), sometimes short piu010Da or pyu010Da , is a Czech and Slovak profanity that refers to the vagina similar to the English word cunt. It is often represented as a symbol of a spearhead, a rhombus standing on one of its sharper points with a vertical line in the middle, representing a vulva.
  • Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive (e.g. metal [coins, etc.], clay, coal, soil, feces, chalk, paper, soap, mucus, ash, gum, etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g. ...
  • Pica is the genus of three species of birds in the family Corvidae in both the New World and the old. They have long tails and have predominantly black and white markings. ...
  • The pika is a small animal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika (archaically spelled pica) is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae (rabbits and hares). ...
  • A pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to 1/72nd of its respective foot, and therefore to 1/6th of an inch. The pica contains 12 point units of measure.
  • (Picae) Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. ...