magpie

mag·pie

M0036200 (măg′pī′)n.1. Any of various birds of the family Corvidae having a long tail and black, blue, or green plumage with white markings, and noted for their chattering call, especially Pica hudsonia, of western North America, and P. pica, of Eurasia and Africa. Also called pie².2. Any of various birds that resemble the magpie.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.]

magpie

(ˈmæɡˌpaɪ) n1. (Animals) any of various passerine birds of the genus Pica, esp P. pica, having a black-and-white plumage, long tail, and a chattering call: family Corvidae (crows, etc)2. (Animals) any of various similar birds of the Australian family Cracticidae. See also butcherbird²3. (Animals) any of various other similar or related birds4. (Breeds) (often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon typically having black-and-white markings5. Brit a person who hoards small objects6. a person who chatters7. (Archery) a. the outmost ring but one on a targetb. a shot that hits this ring[C17: from Mag diminutive of Margaret, used to signify a chatterbox + pie²]

mag•pie

(ˈmægˌpaɪ)

n. 1. any of various birds of the genus Pica, of the jay family, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy habits. 2. an incessantly talkative person. 3. a person who collects or hoards things. [1595–1605; Mag hypocoristic of Margaret (compare late Middle English magge(s) tales tall tales, nonsense) + pie²]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	magpie - long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering callcorvine bird - birds of the crow familygenus Pica, Pica - magpiesEuropean magpie, Pica pica - a common magpie of EurasiaAmerican magpie, Pica pica hudsonia - a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America
	2.	magpie - someone who collects things that have been discarded by otherspack rat, scavengerhoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
	3.	magpie - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerbabbler, chatterer, prater, spouter, chatterboxspeaker, 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

喜鹊

magpie

(ˈmӕgpai) noun a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects. 喜鵲 喜鹊

magpie

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