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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Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
Misanthropical :: Misanthropical (a.) Hating or disliking mankind.
Microsthene :: Microsthene (n.) One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata..
Dropsical :: Dropsical (a.) Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Tropically :: Tropically (adv.) In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
Picariae :: Picariae (n. pl.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds..
Norm :: Norm (a.) A typical, structural unit; a type..
Water Hyacinth :: Water hyacinth () Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed..
Basely :: Basely (adv.) In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully.
Misanthropic :: Misanthropic (a.) Alt. of Misanthropica.
Magpie :: Magpie (n.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail..
Metoposcopical :: Metoposcopical (a.) Of or relating to metoposcopy.
Type :: Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group..
Allotropic :: Allotropic (a.) Alt. of Allotropica.
Typical :: Typical (a.) Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative..
Muscovy Duck :: Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil..
Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..
Fern :: Fern (n.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size..
Sapindus :: Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces..
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