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paca | pica |

As a proper noun paca

is .

As a noun pica is

(l); (l); (l).

paca

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also ), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

    • Derived terms

    * lowland paca () * mountain paca ()

    See also

    * * (wikipedia "paca")

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    pica

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * chthonophagia * allotriophagy * geophagy

    Etymology 2

    The printing senses are probably from named the obsolete service book, which used this type size (compare canon and brevier) Type Foundry blog: Type bodies compared. In turn seemingly from (etyl) ).

    Noun

  • (typography, uncountable) A size of type.
  • (typography, countable) A unit of measure equivalent to 12 points.
  • # The traditional British and American pica, about 4.22 mm, or 0.166 in (close to 1/6 of an inch).
  • # (computing) The (PostScript) pica, 1/6 of an inch.
  • (obsolete) A Roman Catholic service book; a type of ecclesiastical calendar book.
    • Derived terms
    * pica point
    See also
    * cicero * em * en * point

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (small rodent)
  • * 1895 , Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History (volume 3, page 190)
    • Most travellers in the Himalaya are familiar with the pretty little Rodents, known as picas , tailless hares, or mouse-hares, which may be seen in the higher regions

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    * English terms with multiple etymologies

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