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mag·pie  (mgp)

n.

1. Any of various birds of the family Corvidae found worldwide, having a long graduated tail and black, blue, or green plumage with white markings and noted for their chattering call. The species Pica pica, the black-billed magpie, is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Also called pie².

2. Any of various birds resembling the magpie, such as the Australian bell magpie of the family Cracticidae.

3. A person who chatters.

4. One who compulsively collects or hoards small objects.

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[Mag, a name used in proverbs about chatterers (a nickname for Margaret) + pie.]

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magpie

Noun

1. a bird of the crow family with black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a chattering call

2. any of various similar Australian birds, eg the butcherbird

3. Brit a person who hoards small objects [from Mag, diminutive of Margaret + pie, obsolete name for the magpie]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	magpie - long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call corvine bird - birds of the crow family genus Pica, Pica - magpies European magpie, Pica pica - a common magpie of Eurasia American magpie, Pica pica hudsonia - a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America
	2.	magpie - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others pack rat, scavenger hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
	3.	magpie - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker babbler, chatterer, prater, spouter, chatterbox speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"

Translations

magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] n → urraca

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magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] n → pie f

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magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] n → Elster f

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magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] n → gazza

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magpie

n magpie [ˈmӕgpai]

a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects. ekster عَقعَق: طَيْر من فَصيلَة الغُرابِيّات сврака straka skade die Elster καρακάξα urraca harakas زاغ harakka pie עוֹרֵב הַנחָלִים मैगपाई, चिड़िया मैना की जाति की svraka szarka jalak skjór gazza かささぎ 까치 šarka žagata burung murai ekster skjære sroka gralha coţofană сорока straka sraka svraka skata นกกางเขน saksağan 喜鵲 сорока یورپی اور امریکی کوّا chim ác là 喜鹊