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PICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Magpies
Synonyms:
genus Pica; Pica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pica" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Pica"):
magpie (long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call)
Holonyms ("Pica" is a member of...):
Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("pica" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "pica"):
point (a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch)
en; nut (half the width of an em)
Holonyms ("pica" is a part of...):
in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pica" is a kind of...):
eating disorder (a disorder of the normal eating routine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pica"):
geophagia; geophagy (eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior)
