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Pica vs Picra - What's the difference?

pica | picra |

As nouns the difference between pica and picra

is that pica is (l); (l); (l) while picra is (medicine|dated) the powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.

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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    picra

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine, dated) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
    • (Webster 1913)