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magpie noun & adjective. L16.
[from MAG noun1 + PIE noun1.]
A. noun.
a. A common bird of the northern hemisphere, Pica pica of the crow family, with a long pointed tail, black and white plumage, and a noisy chattering call, proverbial for its habit of taking and hoarding bright objects. Also (with specifying word), any of several Other long-tailed birds of the crow family. L16.
green magpie: of the SE Asian genus Cissa.
b. More fully Australian magpie. Any of several black and white Australian birds of the butcher-bird family Cracticidae, esp. Gymnorrhina tibicen. L18.
transf. An idle or impertinent chatterer; a petty pilferer; a person who collects and hoards objects, information, etc. M17.
Orig., an Anglican bishop (from the ceremonial episcopal costume of black chimere and white rochet). Now only, the episcopal costume consisting of these vestments. Chiefly joc. or derog. E18.
A fancy coloured breed of pigeon. M19.
A halfpenny. arch. slang. M19.
A shot from a rifle which strikes the outermost division but one of a target, and is signalled by a black and white flag. Military slang. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of black and white colouring; two-colour. E19.
Daily Telegraph Ermine that imparts the fashionable magpie effect.
Comb.: magpie diver, magpie duck (a) the goldeneye, Bucephala clangula; (b) the smew, Mergus albellus; (c) the tufted duck, Aythya fuligula; magpie goose a long-legged, black and white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmata, of New Guinea and N. Australia; also called pied goose; magpie-lark any of several Australian birds of the family Grallinidae, esp. the common black and white, stilt-legged Grallina cyanoleuca; magpie moth a white geometrid moth with black and some yellow spots, Abraxas grossulariata, whose caterpillars attack fruit bushes; magpie-robin (a) a long-tailed black and white bird of the thrush family, Copsychus saularis, of the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia; also called dial-bird; (b) either of two similar birds, Copsychus sechellarum of the Seychelles, and C. albospecularis of Madagascar.

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