(pī′kə) noun
A size of type; 12–point; 1/6 inch; also, a standard unit of measurement, as for leads or pages. See POINT SYSTEM.
—small pica A size of type; about six and a half lines to the inch; 11–point.
—two–line or double pica Type having a depth of body of two lines of pica; 24–point. ♦ Homophone: pika. [<Med. L, a pie⁴;? because used in printing pies]

(pī′kə) noun Pathol.
A morbid appetite for unusual or unfit food, as clay, chalk, ashes, etc., showing itself especially in hysteria, pregnancy, and chlorosis. ♦ Homophone: pika. [<L pica a magpie,? trans. of Gk. kissa, kitta a magpie, a craving for strange food; with ref. to the bird's omnivorousness]
—pi′cal adjective