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单词 magpie
释义

magpie/ʹmagpie/ noun

any of several species of birds of the crow family with a very long tails and black-and-white plumage: genus Pica

any of several species of birds resembling or related to the magpie; esp an Australian bird with black-and-white plumage: genus Gymnorhina

a person who chatters noisily

a person who collects objects in a random fashion

the outermost ring but one on a target

a shot that hits this ring

Mag (a nickname for Margaret) + pie2. The bird was formerly known as a maggotpie, maggot representing Margaret (compare the use of first names in Robin redbreast and Tomtit), and pie being pied, an allusion to its black and white plumage
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