Definition of pica

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Pica (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia..

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Valeric :: Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese..
Croton :: Croton (n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.
Bougainvillaea :: Bougainvillaea (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts..
Ammonite :: Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis..
Ten-pounder :: Ten-pounder (n.) A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
Vile :: Vile (superl.) Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment..
Runt :: Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously..
Pomacentroid :: Pomacentroid (a.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridae, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes..
Picarian :: Picarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Picariae.
Typic :: Typic (a.) Typical.
Paragon :: Paragon (n.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under Type.
Greenlet :: Greenlet (n.) Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits..
Epicardium :: Epicardium (n.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
Boatbill :: Boatbill (n.) A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
Picayune :: Picayune (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Myocardium :: Myocardium (n.) The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.
Epithem :: Epithem (n.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc..
Oculina :: Oculina (n.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture..
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