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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pli•ca (plī′kə),USA pronunciation n., pl. pli•cae (plī′sē, -kē).USA pronunciation - Anatomy, Zoology[Zool., Anat.]a fold or folding.
Also called pli′ca po•lon′i•ca (pə lon′i kə).USA pronunciation [Pathol.]a matted, filthy condition of the hair, caused by disease, vermin, etc.- Music and Dance(in medieval music) a vertical mark attached to a neume, standing for an interpolated melodic ornament.
- Medieval Latin: a fold, back formation from Latin plicāre to fold, ply2
- 1675–85
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