n. A genus of oscine passerine birds of the family Corvidæ and sub-family Garrulinæ, having an extremely long graduated tail, the nostrils covered with antrorse plumules, and the plumage iridescent black and white; the magpies.n. [lowercase] A bird of the genus Pica; a pie; a magpie.n. In medicine, a vitiated craving for what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, or coal.n. Eccles., same as ordinal, 2 .n. An alphabetical catalogue of names and things in rolls and records.n. A size of printing-type, about 6 lines to the inch, intermediate between the sizes English (larger) and small-pica (smaller).