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spica

spi.ca \'spi--k*\ \-.ke-\ n or spi.cae or spicas [L, spike of grain - more 
   at SPIKE] pl  : a spiral reverse plain or plaster bandage used to 
   immobilize a limb esp.  at a jointSpi.ca \'spi--k*\ n [L, lit., spike of 
   grain] : a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Virgo