pica
pahy kuh
- n an eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently
- n a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
- n magpies
- There, an almost forgotten dispute has dragged on since November 1959, and is not one pica closer to settlement than it was when it began.
- Both sides in the New York brouhaha have budged barely a pica from their original position since negotiations began last March, and a federal mediator last week became so .
- Doctors call the disorder pica (rhymes with Micah), from the Latin for magpie.