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Definition of Magpie

1. Noun. Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call.

2. Noun. Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others.

3. Noun. An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.

Definition of Magpie

1. n. Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.

Definition of Magpie

1. Noun. (soccer) someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹

2. Noun. (soccer) someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹

3. Noun. (Australian rules football) someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹

4. Noun. (rugby league) someone connected, or formerly connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach etc. ¹

5. Noun. One of several kinds of bird in the family ''Corvidae'', especially ''Pica pica''. ¹

6. Noun. A superficially similar Australian bird, ''Gymnorhina tibicen.'' ¹

7. Noun. Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery. ¹

8. Noun. (slang) Fan or member of Newcastle United FC. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Magpie

1. a corvine bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Magpie

1. Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. Caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus picatus). Magpie lark, a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes. Origin: OE. & Prov. E. Magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. To Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. Margarita pearl, Gr, prob. Of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and cf. The analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magpie

magnons magnotherapy magnox magnoxes magnum magnum opi magnum opus magnum opuses magnums magnus

magnus hitch magnussonite magophony magot magots magpie magpie-goose magpie-lark magpie-larks magpielike

magpies magret magrets magrums mags magsman magsmen magstripe magstripes magtig

Literary usage of Magpie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Magpie is often used adjectively with reference to some characteristic of the bird. 2. The magpie-shrike. Below us in the Valley a mob of Jackasses were ..."

2. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, William Turton (1816)
"To have a straight strong bill, legs formed for hopping, a body of about the size of a magpie, and party-coloured plumage, are the only marks by which I ..."

3. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1851)
"Pica—A Pie—A Magpie. Caudata—Tailed, (a factitious word. ... The Magpie is met with in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, being found in Spain, ..."

4. Biennial Report by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Magpie Dolomite. Above the Ferguson is a stratum of red shale. ... The name Magpie is from the permanent camp of an Arapahoe chief of that name on Bitter ..."

5. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"The body of the magpie is rather short and round, but with the addition of the ... They are broad and rounded, and the flight of the magpie appears to be ..."

6. The Pet Book by Anna Botsford Comstock (1914)
"It is interesting to watch a magpie feed; it hops about with great agility ... The magpie nest is a complicated structure of sticks and mud built in layers; ..."

7. The Path on the Rainbow: An Anthology of Songs and Chants from the Indians by George William Cronyn, Mary Hunter Austin (1918)
"The Magpie! Here underneath In the white of his wings are the footsteps of morning. It dawns! It dawns! SONGS IN THE GARDEN OF THE HOUSE GOD (Navajo) Truly ..."

8. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"YELLOW-BILLED Magpie. — Pica nuttalli. FAMILY : The Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc. ... Adults: Similar to black-billed magpie, but smaller and with bill and ..."

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