[ˈpʌɪkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a unit of type size and line length equal to 12 points (about 1/6 inch or 4.2 mm)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from Anglo-Latin pica (literally ‘magpie’), commonly identified with a 15th-century book of rules about Church feasts, but no edition of such a pica printed in ‘pica’ type is known

[ˈpʌɪkə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tendency or craving to eat substances other than normal food (such as clay, plaster, or ashes), occurring during childhood or pregnancy, or as a symptom of disease
(e.g: adults with pica tend to be highly selective)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘magpie’, probably translating Greek kissa ‘magpie’, also ‘false appetite’