magpie
11magpie — [[t]mæ̱gpaɪ[/t]] magpies 1) N COUNT A magpie is a large black and white bird with a long tail. 2) N COUNT If you describe someone as a magpie, you mean that they like collecting and keeping things, often things that have little value. [INFORMAL]… …
12magpie — [17] The original name of the magpie was simply pie, which came via Old French from Latin pīca. This is thought to go back ultimately to Indo European *spi or *pi , denoting ‘pointedness’, in reference to its beak (the Latin masculine form, pīcus …
13magpie — I. noun Etymology: Mag (nickname for Margaret) + 1pie Date: 1598 1. any of various birds (especially Pica pica) related to the jays but having a long graduated tail and black and white or brightly colored plumage 2. a person who chatters noisily… …
14magpie — UK [ˈmæɡpaɪ] / US [ˈmæɡˌpaɪ] noun [countable] Word forms magpie : singular magpie plural magpies 1) a noisy black and white bird with a long tail 2) British someone who likes to collect and keep things …
15magpie — mag|pie [ˈmægpaı] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Mag female name (from Margaret) + pie magpie (13 20 centuries) (from Old French, from Latin pica)] 1.) a bird with black and white feathers and a long tail 2.) informal someone who likes collecting… …
16Magpie — šarka statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pica Pica angl. Magpie vok. Elster …
17magpie — tikrosios šarkos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pica angl. magpie vok. Elster, f rus. сорока, f pranc. pie, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – varniniai siauresnis terminas – amerikinė šarka siauresnis terminas – arabinė… …
18magpie — n. a person who chatters; a person who annoys others by chattering. □ Sally is such a magpie! □ Why do those horrendous magpies all go to the same movies I go to? (ma)hoska [ma haska] 1. n. narcotics; any contraband. (Underworld.) □ The tall… …
19magpie — n. 1 a European and American crow, Pica pica, with a long pointed tail and black and white plumage. 2 any of various birds with plumage like a magpie, esp. Gymnorhina tibicen of Australia. 3 an idle chatterer. 4 a person who collects things… …
20Magpie-jay — Magpie jays White throated Magpie Jay, Calocitta formosa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …
