magpie : Idioms & Phrases

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american magpie

  • noun a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America
    Pica pica hudsonia.
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australian magpie

  • noun black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
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bell magpie

  • noun bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
    currawong.
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european magpie

  • noun a common magpie of Eurasia
    Pica pica.
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Magpie lark

  • (Zoöl.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; called also little magpie.
Webster 1913

Magpie moth

  • (Zoöl.), a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.
Webster 1913

Mountain magpie

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker . (b) The European gray shrike.
Webster 1913