Definition of Pica pica

1. Noun. A common magpie of Eurasia.

Exact synonyms: European Magpie
Generic synonyms: Magpie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pica Pica

Phytomastigina
Phytomastigophorasida
Phytophthora citrophthora
Phytophthora infestans
Phœbus
Phœnicopteridæ
Phæton
Piacenza
Piaf
Piaget
Piagetian
Pianola
Piarist
Piarists
Piauí
Pica pica (current term)
Pica pica hudsonia
Picard
Picardie
Picards
Picardy
Picatinny rail
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Picchini
Picea abies

Literary usage of Pica pica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes, Historical and by Talbot Baines Reed (1887)
"There were also, not in Specimen, a 2-line Great Primer, Double Pica, Pica, two Small Picas and a set of 2-line Nonpareil Capitals. A Paragon, Bourgeois and ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Pica pica (LINN.EUS). RANGE.— Europe, northern Asia, and western North America ... [Pica pica pica. Extralimital.] b. Pica pica hudsonia (SABINE). Magpie. ..."

3. List of the Specimens of the British Animals in the Collection of the by George Robert Gray, James Francis Stephens, Adam White, Frederick Smith, Henry Denny, Henry Tibbats Stainton, Edwin Shepherd (1848)
"PICA. Pica, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 35 (1760). 1. ... Eur. p. 45; GR Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 314. Corvus (Pica) pica ..."

4. Some Notes on Books and Printing: A Guide for Authors, Publishers, & Others by Charles Thomas Jacobi, Frederick Howard Collins, Walter Boutall (1902)
"... which speaks for itself: Points Diamond = 4! is Aa/f of Bourgeois Pearl Ruby Nonpareil Minion Brevier Bourgeois Long Primer Small Pica pica English ..."

5. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie. Rare, and found chiefly in the west. Kare; resident in the woods about Lake Winnipeg; have a single specimen taken 30 ..."

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