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SPICAE
SPICA
Spica
(noun) the brightest star in Virgo
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
spicae
plural of spica
Anagrams
• apices, capies
Source: Wiktionary
SPICA
Spi"ca, n.; pl. Spicæ. Etym: [L., an ear, as of corn.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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