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单词 magpie
释义

magpien.adj.

Brit. /ˈmaɡpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/
Forms: 1500s–1800s magpye, 1500s– magpie, 1600s magge pie, 1600s magge pye, 1600s magpy, 1600s meg-pye.
Origin: Probably from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mag , pie n.1
Etymology: Probably < Mag, pet form of the female forenames Margery (see margery n.1) and Margaret (see Margaret n.: compare mag n.4) + pie n.1, probably as shortening of the slightly earlier maggoty-pie n. (compare early forms magget the py , magot a pie at that entry). Compare the slightly later maw-pie n., maggot n.2, and also mag n.4 1.
A. n.
1.
a. A common bird of the northern hemisphere, Pica pica, of the crow family ( Corvidae), having a long pointed tail, black and white plumage, and a noisy chattering call, proverbial for its habit of taking and hoarding bright objects and regarded by some as a bird of ill omen. Also (with distinguishing word): any of several other long-tailed birds of the crow family, esp. of the genera Pica, Cyanopica, Cissa, and Urocissa.black, green magpie, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > pica pica (magpie)
haggistera1225
piea1225
piet?a1513
maggoty-pie1573
magpie1589
pianet1594
haggess1599
maw-pie1618
pie-maggot1628
mag1802
madge1823
maggie1825
maggot1848
Margaret1854
1589 Mar-Martine sig. A2 There: magpy teacheth them to chat, And cookow soone doth hit them pat.
1598 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Praxis Med. Vniuersalis sig. Hhh1v Magpie, Pica, and Citta.
1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. C3 As merie as a magge pie.
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) ii. i. 108 Dissimulation. A Lady wearing a vizard of two faces,..in her right hand a magpye.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 62 The nine daughters of Pierus..were for that saucy ambition transformed into meg-pyes.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 333 The Loquacity of the Magpie.
1720 J. Gay Poems (1745) I. 70 No magpie chatter'd, nor the painted Jay.
1751 Universal Mag. in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) 2 1457 No horseshoe nor magpye shall baffle our skill.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 159 And magpies that chattered, no omen so black.
1855 Ld. Tennyson To Rev. F. D. Maurice 19 And only hear the Magpie gossip Garrulous under a roof of pine.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vii. 212 The magpie, so wary in England, is tame in Norway.
1916 Sat. Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 5/2 The great and flashing magpie He flies as artists might.
1930 Discovery Dec. 415/2 The lovely green magpie is peculiar in the colouring pigment of the plumage which changes from a vivid green to a dull greenish-blue after death.
1956 R. Peterson et al. Field Guide Birds Brit. & Europe (ed. 2) 203 Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyanus.
1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. ix. 255 In the western United States, Magpies (Pica pica) have often been seen picking insects from the heads and backs of deer.
1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 166/2 The Yellow-billed Magpie P[ica] nuttalli of California.
1985 C. M. Perrins & A. L. A. Middleton Encycl. Birds 443/3 The magpies include not only the familiar piebald magpie of Europe, Asia and North America, but also a number of more brightly colored species from southern Asia such as the Green magpie and Red-billed blue magpie.
1991 Times 2 Nov. (Weekend section) 6/3 Jackdaws, magpies and carrion crows eat almost anything.
b. Australian. More fully Australian magpie. Any of several black and white birds of the butcher-bird family ( Cracticidae), esp. Gymnorhina tibicen.bush magpie: see bush n.1
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > gymnorhina tibicen
magpie1792
piping crow1832
organ bird1847
flute-bird1862
bush-magpie1890
maggie1901
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Cracticidae > genus Strepera (currawong)
magpie1792
rainbird1817
trumpeter1827
currawong1926
1792 R. Atkins Jrnl. 13 Nov. We..made some excellent Soup of 1 Duck 1 Pidgeon 1 Crow & 3 Magpies.
1831 Acct. Colony Van Dieman's Land 88 At intervals the magpie, though unseen, filled the valley with its loud but sweet song.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn II. xviii. 4 A magpie was chanting his noble vesper hymn from a lofty tree.
1886 T. Heney Fortunate Days 47 The magpie swells from knoll or silent brake His loud sweet tune.
1922 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Apr. 22/2 I have also seen a magpie (crow-shrike) carry a freshly caught mouse to the top of a pine-tree.
1931 M. M. Banks Memories Pioneer Days Queensland 74 The magpie, a shrike thrush by classification, is, like the butcher bird, also pied black and white.
1962 B. W. Leake Eastern Wheatbelt Wildlife 86 The magpie and currawong or squeaker are closely related to the crow and are really crow shrikes.
1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 460/2 Magpies are among the most familiar of Australian birds because of their abundance.
1983 J. Hepworth More Birds & Beasties Austral. in Austral. National Dict. (at cited word) Magpie's voice is one in a million. No poofy trill or silvery squeak, But a fullblooded bush carillon.
c. mountain magpie: see mountain n. and adj. Compounds 2c.
2.
a. An idle or impertinent chatterer. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
blabbererc1375
jangleressc1386
talkerc1386
clatterer1388
cacklera1400
languager1436
carperc1440
mamblerc1450
praterc1500
jackdaw?1520
chewet1546
flibbertigibbet1549
clatterfart1552
patterer1552
piec1557
long tongue?1562
prattler1567
piet1574
twattler1577
brawler1581
nimble-chops1581
pratepie1582
roita1585
whittera1585
full-mouth1589
interprater1591
chatterer1592
pianet1594
bablatrice1595
parakeet1598
Bow-bell cockney1600
prattle-basket1602
bagpipe1603
worder1606
babliaminy1608
chougha1616
gabbler1624
blatterer1627
magpie1632
prate-apace1636
rattlea1637
clack1640
blateroon1647
overtalker1654
prate-roast1671
prattle-box1671
babelard1678
twattle-basket1688
mouth1699
tongue-pad1699
chatterista1704
rattler1709
morologist1727
chatterbox1774
palaverer1788
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
slangwhanger1807
nash-gab1816
pump1823
windbag1827
big mouth1834
gasbag1841
chattermag1844
tattle-monger1848
rattletrap1850
gasser1855
mouth almighty1864
clucker1869
talky-talky1869
gabster1870
loudmouth1870
tonguester1871
palaverista1873
mag1876
jawsmith1887
spieler1894
twitterer1895
yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
jay-
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H2 I haue waited, sir, Three houres to speake w'ee, and not take it well, Such magpies, are admitted, whilst I daunce Attendance.
1791 E. Burke Let. to Chev. de Rivarol (1844) III. 211 He will not care what..the whole flight of the magpies and jays of philosophy, may fancy and chatter.
1838 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 189 The Moonshee..is not the little talkative magpie who told me about the language of the planets.
1895 W. C. Scully Kafir Stories 132 He was so fond of talking that his comrades nicknamed him ‘magpie’.
b. A person who collects or hoards objects, information, etc., esp. indiscriminately; an acquisitive or eclectic person; (also) a petty pilferer. Cf. sense B. 2.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > one who acquires possessions
purchaserc1384
magpie1903
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun]
mitcher?c1225
nimmera1325
pilferer1350
truffer1485
lurcher1528
picker1549
filcher1557
purloiner1557
prig1567
prigger1567
prigman1567
fingerer1575
piker1590
prag1592
nibbler1598
lurch-man1603
petty larcener1640
budge1673
catch-cloaka1679
prigster1682
sutler1699
marauder1764
snib1823
chicken thief1840
lurker1841
souvenir hunter1862
robberling1865
jackdaw1887
miker1890
frisker1892
bower-bird1926
jagoff1931
magpie1944
slockster-
1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 8/2 Magpie,..in Birmingham the word is used of collectors. ‘What a magpie he is’, he is enthusiastic in adding to his collection.
1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target iv. 34 You bloody magpie, what have you done with my tobacco?
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 236 That must be a mot she's picked up second-hand, Gerald thought, she's a cultural magpie.
1963 Daily Tel. 24 Dec. 6/2 Some cherished beliefs about trading stamp collectors take a rude knock from a survey published in Sales Director. Apparently the keenest magpie is the London male.
1985 L. Blue Kitchen Blues 79 There is a magpie in all of us, and..there is enough tucked away in our cupboards to supply church bazaars, tombolas and countless bring-and-buys.
1990 Newsweek 16 July 61/2 Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin is a clever magpie: he's raided every genre to create this seductive, funny hybrid.
3.
a. An Anglican bishop (from the ceremonial episcopal costume of black chimere and white rochet). Obsolete and derogatory.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > Anglican
superintendent?1544
superintendentship1565
magpiea1704
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ To Rdr. sig. A3v Prelats, like Magpies in the Ayr had flown.
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iii. v, in Comedies & Trag. 114 Have you not heard of the Scriveners Wife that..was deliver'd of a Mag-Pie;..the Mid-wife cri'd out, 'twas born a Bishop, with Tippet and white-sleeves.]
a1704 T. Brown Quakers Grace in Wks. (1720) I. 130 Root out of them all Anti-Christian Tyranny of most abominable Bishops; let not those Silk-worms and Magpies have Dominion over us.
1866 Caught Napping ii. 21 ‘We have caught him in the act of drawing a magpie on the wall of Caesar's palace—a bird of ill omen.’.. ‘It is an Anglican prelate,’ said I.
1923 L. H. Dawson Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (new ed.) 700/2 Formerly bishops were humorously or derisively called magpies because of their black and white vestments.
b. humorous. In recent use: the episcopal costume consisting of these vestments.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > according to canon law
canonical dress1666
canonicals1748
magpie1904
society > faith > artefacts > vestments > clothing of particular functionaries > [noun] > bishop > black and white
magpie1904
1904 N.E.D. (at cited word) Did he wear a cope, or only his magpie?
1917 G. W. E. Russell Politics & Personalities iv. ix. 357 The most hideous of all known costumes—the episcopal ‘Magpie’—costs £100.
1917 G. W. E. Russell Politics & Personalities iv. ix. 360 Carrying with his own apostolic hands the sacred appliances of Mitre or Magpie.
1920 P. Dearmer Ornam. of Ministers (new ed.) Pl. 29 (caption) The..figures of the two bishops well illustrate the ‘magpie’ dress.
1992 T. Briden & B. Hanson Moore's Introd. Eng. Canon Law (ed. 3) 102 The familiar ‘magpie’ of rochet and chimere (with black wristbands) is regarded as the choir-habit.
4. A variety of potato. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > potato plant > varieties of
magpie1797
rose1807
ash-leaf1845
magnum bonum1882
1797 J. Billingsley Gen. View Agric. Somerset (new ed.) 116 The sorts [of potatoes] cultivated are the kidney,..magpie, rough red [etc.].
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 31 Our chief sorts [of potato] are pink eyes,..magpies, and china oranges.
5. slang. A halfpenny. Cf. mag n.2 Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > halfpenny
halfpennyc1330
ob.1389
galley-halfpenny1409
obolusc1450
make?1536
mail1570
meg?1738
mag?1775
tumbling tom1826
magpie1838
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 125 I'm at low-water-mark,—only one bob and a magpie.
6. A breed of fancy pigeon whose markings resemble those of a magpie.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types
porcelainc1530
turn-pate1611
light horseman1661
runt1661
smiter1668
helmet1676
mammet1678
Cortbeck1688
turbit1688
turner1688
dragoon1725
finicking1725
Leghorn1725
nun1725
owl1725
petit1725
trumpeter1725
horseman1735
Mahomet1735
barbel1736
turn-tail1736
frill-back1765
blue rock1825
beard1826
ice pigeon1829
toy1831
black1839
skinnum1839
splash1851
whole-feather1851
spangle1854
swallow1854
shield1855
stork pigeon1855
Swabian1855
yellow1855
archangel1867
dragon1867
starling1867
magpie1868
smerle1869
bluette1870
cumulet1876
oriental1876
spot fairy1876
turbiteen1876
blondinette1879
hyacinth1879
Modena pigeon1879
silver-dun1879
silverette1879
silver-mealy1879
swift pigeon1879
Victoria1879
visor1879
ice1881
swallow pigeon1881
velvet fairy1881
priesta1889
frill1890
1868 W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons xxi. 174 Magpies are another variety of German Toys that are well known in England.
1895 Times 16 Jan. 11/6 For the rest, the Magpies, black, red, yellow, and blue..deserve to be mentioned.
1898 Daily News 5 Jan. 2 Mr. F. Warner has some excellent magpies.
1984 D. F. Ison Fancy Pigeon Standards (ed. 2) 102 The original Magpie was one of the Old Tumbler family, coming via Germany from Denmark about 1900.
7. Shooting slang (originally Military). A shot from a rifle which strikes the outermost division but one of a target, and is signalled by a black and white flag.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] > types of shot
bull's-eye1857
outer1859
carton1864
sighting-shot1872
magpie1884
inner1887
mag1895
maggie1901
1884 Times 23 July 8/1 After running through the scoring gamut with an outer, a magpie, and a miss.
1894 Times 14 July 10/1 He followed his first two bull's eyes with two more, then came a magpie.
1909 Bisley Guide (National Rifle Assoc.) 51 A ‘magpie’, scoring 3.
1980 D. Cragg Lex. Militaris 287 Magpie, a shot in the target on a rifle range that hits the inner circle of a target and is signaled by a black and white flag.
8. Usually in plural. Sport (esp. Association Football). (The familiar nickname of) any of a number of teams who regularly play in a black and white strip.In the United Kingdom, the name has been applied to numerous football teams, most prominently Newcastle United, Notts. County, and Torquay United. In Australia, the term is used most notably of the Melbourne Australian Rules football team, Collingwood F.C., and the Western Suburbs rugby league team of New South Wales.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > player > team > specific team
magpie1921
Socceroos1973
1921 H. T. Johnson in Football Special 24 Sept. 10/1 The Magpies had ‘wiped the eye’ of their local rival, so far as the football world was concerned.
1946 T. Morgan Let's talk about N.U.F.C. 14 Irish international Bill McCracken, gave the best years of his career to the ‘Magpies’.
1963 L. Richards Boots & All! 12 I was born into a Magpie family and reared in the magpie nest, kicking tin cans and paper footballs around the streets of Collingwood and Abbotsford.
1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 13 Dec. 15/4 The former Turf Moor player..established a Magpies transfer record when he made his £30,000 move in the summer of 1973.
1991 Daily Star 24 Dec. 39/3 Chris Waddle breezed back into training with Ossie Ardiles' Newcastle yesterday and..trained with his old club to give worried Magpies fans a real Christmas present.
B. adj. (attributive).
1. Of black and white colouring; pied.In quot. 1648 with reference to the colouring of the episcopal costume (see sense A. 3a).
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1648 Mercurius Britanicus Alive Again No. 1. 1 How did you shrink at tyranny, And with a joynt consent, Make all the Magpie Bishops flee Out of the Parliament.
1824 Hobart Town Gaz. 12 Nov. Impounded, at Iverdon, a magpie Cow, branded SR on the off hip.
1885 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw (1889) 9 My eye was arrested by the sight of four jhampanies in ‘magpie’ livery... Was it not enough that the woman was dead.., without her black and white servitors re-appearing?
1923 Daily Mail 28 Mar. 11 Magpie Millinery. Black and white millinery is popular at all seasons.
1932 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/5 Black and white is to continue its long reign this summer. Charming examples of this smart, practical ‘magpie’ fashion will be found at most inexpensive prices.
1932 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/5 (advt.) Ermine that imparts the fashionable magpie effect.
1942 H. J. Massingham Field Fellowship ii. 58 Moreton Old Hall in Cheshire is the conventional example of the magpie style.
1942 H. J. Massingham Field Fellowship ii. 58 We find the wood-workmanship of the Avon Valley carried to the utmost pitch of elaboration and complexity... This is the country of the ‘magpie’ timber-framing.
1971 J. S. Gunn Opal Terminol. 26 Magpie, black and white patch formed together.
2. Magpie-like: with allusion to the bird's traditional reputation for acquisitiveness, curiosity, etc.; indiscriminate, eclectic, varied.
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1655 J. Phillips Satyr against Hypocrites 7 Their zeal doth never let them mind that matter, It is enough to hear the Magpy chatter.
1808 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 28 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 371 He deplores..the Magpye mingle of foreign expressions with the language of the Country.
1901 G. B. Shaw Caesar & Cleopatra ii. 114 He maintains an air of magpie keenness and profundity.
1936 P. Fleming News from Tartary iii. ii. 116 All our actions..were closely scrutinized..by the Chinese with ill-concealed amusement and a magpie curiosity.
1940 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 6 120 Beaker people..showed a magpie acquisitiveness for other people's chattels.
1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove ii. 32 Where does she get this magpie streak from?.. But Mother hoarded, didn't she?
1962 G. K. Hunter John Lyly iv. 162 A variety of elements which would appeal to the magpie taste for classical motifs.
1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xv. 125 That whole magpie collection of tattered hotel junk.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
magpie-minded adj.
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1955 G. A. N. Lowndes Brit. Educ. Syst. iii. 49 Satisfying his curiosity..with unrelated snippets of knowledge which may lead to his becoming magpie-minded.
C2.
magpie diver n. (a) the smew, Mergus albellus; (b) the goldeneye, Bucephala clangula; (c) the tufted duck, Aythya fuligula.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus albellus (smew)
smeath1622
nun1666
merganser1668
smee1668
smew1674
weasela1682
Easterling1772
magpie diver1796
vare-widgeon1813
1796 P. A. Nemnich Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lex. v. 820 Magpie diver, the smew.
1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 315 Magpie diver, a name for the Smew.
1882 R. Payne-Gallwey Fowler in Ireland 107 Another local name [of the Goldeneye] is the ‘Magpie Diver’, a very descriptive one by reason of the black and white plumage of the adult male.
1950 A. W. Boyd Coward's Birds Brit. Isles (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 60 The black and white ‘Magpie-Diver’, as some sportsmen call it [sc. the tufted duck],..is not a difficult bird to tell.
magpie finch n. an African mannikin of the genus Lonchura, esp. the bronze mannikin, L. cucullata.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Estrildidae (wax-bill) > miscellaneous types of
firefinch1783
redhead1816
firetail1845
fire-tailed finch1845
zebra finch1868
magpie finch1869
cut-throat finch1872
melba finch1876
zebra1879
bluebill1955
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds I. 158 The Magpie Finch is an inhabitant of the countries in the vicinity of the river Gambia.
magpie goose n. a large black and white goose, Anseranas semipalmata, of New Guinea and northern Australia; also called pied goose.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > anseranas selmipalmata (magpie goose)
pied goose1860
magpie goose1861
1861 H. W. Wheelwright Bush Wanderings of Naturalist 70 The colour of the magpie-goose is pied, dull black and white.
1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketch Nat. Hist. Austral. 99 I have shot this ‘semi-palmated’ bird, known locally as ‘Magpie Goose’, in Cleveland Bay.., but it takes some killing.
1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 299/2 The magpie-goose, or pied goose, was formerly found throughout northern and eastern Australia.
1988 New Scientist 15 Oct. 54/1 The magpie goose, which once inhabited much of Australia, is now confined to small areas of tropical Australia.
magpie lark n. any of several Australian birds of the family Grallinidae, esp. a common black and white stilt-legged bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, which builds a bowl-shaped mud nest (also called peewee).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Grallinidae > grallina cyanoleuca (magpie lark)
magpie lark1843
peewee1879
mudlark1898
Murray magpie1940
1843 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 54 Grallina australis..Magpie Lark, Colonists of New South Wales.
1888 Cassell's Pict. Australasia II. 235 The little magpie-lark.
1931 M. M. Banks Memories Pioneer Days Queensland 73 The magpie-lark is a frequenter of gardens in every part of Australia.
1991 G. Pizzey Field Guide Birds Austral. 397 Magpie Larks are typically birds of river valleys and fringes of freshwaters, but..the Australian species is nevertheless very widely distributed.
1991 R. Howard & A. Moore Compl. Checklist Birds of World (ed. 2) 531/1 Grallinidae (Magpie larks).
magpie-maki n. rare the ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > member of family Lemuridae > genus Lemur (lemur)
macaco1774
maki1774
mocock1791
lemur1795
magpie-maki1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Magpie-maki, the ruffed lemur, Lemur macaco, having black and white spots.
magpie moth n. (a) , a white geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, with black and usually some orange spots, whose caterpillar is a pest of currant, gooseberry, and other fruit bushes; (b) New Zealand a New Zealand day-flying moth, Nyctemera annulata (family Arctiidae), which is black with white spots and yellow abdominal stripes, and has large hairy larvae that feed on many plants.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > abraxas grossulariata (magpie moth)
magpie moth?1749
gooseberry-moth1816
currant-moth1858
?1749 B. Wilkes Eng. Moths & Butterflies 42 The large magpye, or curran-moth. Most Gardens and Hedges abound with the Caterpillars of this Fly.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 252 Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata).
1890 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects (ed. 2) 310 The caterpillars of the Magpie Moth sometimes do a great deal of mischief.
1922 G. M. Thomson Naturalisation Animals & Plants in N.Z. 512 The common magpie-moth (Nyctemera annulata) has certainly become extremely abundant wherever the introduced ragwort..has become a common pest.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 80 15 June 586/1 Probably the best-known day-flying insect frequenting the flower garden is the magpie moth.
1971 R. Sharell N.Z. Insects ii. 63 A black moth, frequently seen flying in the daytime, is the Magpie moth, Nytemera annulata.
1989 M. Chinery Butterflies & Day-flying Moths Brit. & Europe 231 Not all aposematic caterpillars are taken with equal readiness. Those of the Magpie moth are shunned by nearly all predators.
magpie perch n. a morwong of the genus Cheilodactylus, found off the coasts of southern Australia.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > member of genus Cheilodactylus (morwong)
morwong1871
tarakihi1873
jackass fish1880
magpie perch1896
1896 F. G. Aflalo Sketch Nat. Hist. Austral. 236 While not occurring itself in Tasmanian waters, it is represented there by a near ally, the Magpie Perch (Chilodactylus nigripes).
1908 D. G. Stead Edible Fishes New S. Wales 72 Banded Morwong or Magpie Perch.
1995 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 119 113 Underwater surveys and observations of tagged fish were used to examine..a small population of Magpie Perch, Cheilodactylus nigripes.
magpie robin n. (a) a long-tailed black and white songbird, Copsychus saularis, of the thrush family ( Turdidae), found in South and South-East Asia; also called dial-bird; (b) either of two related birds, C. sechellarum of the Seychelles, and C. albospecularis of Madagascar.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Copsichus (shama)
dayal bird1738
dayal1751
magpie robin1839
shama1839
1839 Madras Jrnl. 10 263 Dial bird... Large or Magpie Robin.
1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature III. 307 The Dayal..which..is called the Magpie Robin by the English residents in Ceylon.
1936 Discovery July 211/2 I saw, or thought I saw, a Magpie Robin..take a Catopsilia in my garden at Taipeng.
1992 World (BBC) Apr. 65 Above it..may be heard the careless song of the Seychelles magpie robin, one of the last 22 surviving members of its species.
magpie shrike n. (a) the magpie tanager, Cissopis leveriana (obsolete); (b) a long-tailed black and white shrike, Corvinella melanoleuca (family Laniidae), of eastern and southern Africa.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > other types of
magpie shrike1781
organist1793
semp1937
magpie tanager1958
1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 192 Magpie Shrike. Size of a Song~thrush: length ten inches.
1955 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. II. 605 Magpie-shrike. Urolestes melanoleucus.
magpie tanager n. a large South American songbird, Cissopis leveriana (family Emberizidae), with black and white plumage and a long tail.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Thraupinae (tanager) > other types of
magpie shrike1781
organist1793
semp1937
magpie tanager1958
1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 377/2 Among other tanagers we must at least mention..the shining black-and-white Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leveriana), which ranges over most of South America.
1989 R. S. Ridgely & G. Tudor Birds S. Amer. I. 337 (heading) Magpie Tanager... An unmistakable large, very long tailed black and white tanager with piercing yellow eyes.

Derivatives

ˈmagpied adj. made like a magpie.Apparently an isolated use.
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1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 64 Black slaves, magpied with white napkins round their head and loins.
ˈmagpieish adj. magpie-like.Apparently an isolated use.
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1880 Daily News 9 Aug. 2/2 Money, which..had been abstracted and disposed of in a magpieish spirit of mischief.
ˈmagpie-like adj. resembling (that of) a magpie.
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1805 T. Harrol Scenes of Life III. 104 What was before black had now assumed a magpie-like appearance.
1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 21/4 A keen and magpie-like interest in the newest follies of Japanese medical technology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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