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1. (n.) magpie
any of various birds of the genus Pica, of the jay family, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy habits.
2. magpie
an incessantly talkative person.
3. magpie
a person who collects or hoards things.
Etymology: (1595–1605; Mag hypocoristic of Margaret (cf. late ME magge(s) tales tall tales, nonsense) +pie2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) magpie
long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
2. (noun) magpie, scavenger, pack rat
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
3. (noun) chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
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1. (noun) magpie
a large black-and-white bird
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| Definition of 'magpie' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) magpie
any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail
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Sense: a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects.
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 Afrikaans: ekster |
 Arabic: عَقعَق: طَيْر من فَصيلَة |
 Bulgarian: сврака |
 Brazilian: gralha |
 Czech: straka |
 German: die Elster |
 Danish: skade |
 Greek: καρακάξα |
 Spanish: urraca |
 Estonian: harakas |
 Farsi: زاغ |
 Finnish: harakka |
 French: pie |
 Hebrew: עוֹרֵב הַנחָלִים |
 Hindi: मैगपाई, चिड़िया मैना की ज |
 Croatian: svraka |
 Hungarian: szarka |
 Indonesian: jalak |
 Icelandic: skjór |
 Italian: gazza |
 Japanese: かささぎ |
 Korean: 까치 |
 Lithuanian: šarka |
 Latvian: žagata |
 Malay: burung murai |
 Dutch: ekster |
 Norwegian: skjære |
 Polish: sroka |
 Persian: زاغ |
 Pashto: كارګه،كاغى |
 Portuguese: gralha |
 Romanian: coţofană |
 Russian: сорока |
 Slovak: straka |
 Slovenian: sraka |
 Serbian: svraka |
 Swedish: skata |
 Thai: นกกางเขน |
 Turkish: saksağan |
 Taiwanese: 喜鵲 |
 Ukrainian: сорока |
 Urdu: یورپی اور امریکی کوّا |
 Vietnamese: chimác là |
 Chinese: 喜鹊 |
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