Pica facts for kids

Pica or PICA may refer to:

Biology

• Pica (disorder), an abnormal appetite for earth and other non-foods
• Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, a major artery supplying blood to the cerebellum

Organisms

Moths

• Amblyptilia pica (family Pterophoridae)
• Blastobasis pica (family Blastobasidae)
• Bordaia pica (family Hepialidae)
• Eucereon pica (family Erebidae)
• Hypatopa pica (family Blastobasidae)

Sea snails

• Cittarium pica (family Tegulidae)
• Clavus pica (family Drilliidae)
• Conus pica (family Conidae)
• Diodora pica (family Fissurellidae)
• Mitra pica (family Mitridae)
• Oliva pica (family Olividae)

Other species

• Aechmea 'Pica', a hybrid cultivar in the Bromeliad family of flowering plants
• Pica (genus), a genus of magpie
• Pika, a small mammal (archaic spelling "pica")

Organizations

• OCLC PICA, a library automation company
• Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, known by its Yiddish acronym as PICA
• Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, a governmental agency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
• Pica Press, a publishing imprint
• Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, a governmental agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Oregon

People

• Antonio Pica (1923–2014), Spanish actor
• Joe Pica (1923–1973), American pianist
• Pierre Pica (born 1951), French linguist
• Teresa P. Pica (1945–2011), American educator
• Tina Pica (1884–1968), Italian actress
• Yamantaka Eye (born 1964), Japanese artist known as DJ Pica Pica Pica (DJ 光光光)

Places

• Pica, Chile, a city in the Tarapacá Region of Chile
• Pica, Cumbria, a village in northwest England
• Pica, Jayuya, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Technology

• Acer PICA, a system logic chipset introduced in 1993
• Phenolic-impregnated carbon ablator, a spacecraft heat shield material
• Pre-integrated COF APM, part of the International Space Station's Columbus module systems

Other uses

• Pica, an alternative name for the grape Merille
• Pica, a lance used by a picador in bullfighting
• Pica (typography), a unit of length used in typesetting and document layout

See also

In Spanish: Pica para niños