Spica
['spaɪkə]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
Edited by Glenn
Definition
n. a spiral bandage with reversed turns: (ornith.) a spur.—adjs. Spī′cal Spī′cāte -d arranged in or having the form of a spike.—n. Spicā′tum in ancient masonry herring-bone work.
Inputed by Ferdinand