pica

noun

1. pathologyA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.

2. typographyprintingA size of type between small pica and English, now standardized as 12-point.

3. typographyusually with qualifierA font of this size.

4. typographyA unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35⁄83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) 1⁄6 in.

5. uncommonecclesiasticalA pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

6. A magpie.

7. An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently

8. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

   Similar: em, pica em

Archaic form of pika ("small lagomorph").