SPICAS

Noun

spicas

plural of spica

Anagrams

• aspics

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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