Look up: magpie

1. magpie
   [n] - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others 2. [n] - long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call
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2. Magpie
   Mag'pie noun [ Middle English & Prov. English magot pie , maggoty pie , from Mag , Maggot , equiv. to Margaret , and from French Marquerite , and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is from Latin ...
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3. magpie
   <zoology> 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. Hudson...
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4. magpie
   noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
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5. magpie
   scavenger noun someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
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6. Magpie
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
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7. magpie
   any of several long-tailed birds belonging to the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). The best-known species, often called the black-billed ... [1 related articles]
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8. Magpie
   HMS Magpie was a British modified Black Swan Class sloop of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Magpie was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 192. She was armed with six 4 inch dual purpose guns and eight 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns.
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9. Magpie
   Magpie was 19th century British slang for a halfpenny.
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10. Magpie
    Magpie was 19th century British slang for a halfpenny.
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11. magpie
    magpie, common name for certain birds of the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The black-billed magpie, Pica pica, of W North America has iridescent black plumage, white wing patches and abdomen, and a long wedge-shaped tail. It is altogether about 20 in. (50 cm) long. Magpies build large, domed nes...
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12. Magpie
    The Magpie (Pica pica) is a common bird of the crow family, and almost omnivorous in diet, and highly opportunistic. Magpies earned a poor reputation with game keepers due to their fondness for the eggs and young of the larger birds and also grain, but they benefit farmers by eating mice, rats, vole...
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13. magpie
    Any of various birds belonging to the crow family. They feed on insects, snails, young birds, and carrion, and are found in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and western North America. (Genus Pica, family Corvidae, order Passeriformes.)
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14. Magpie
    `Magpies` are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae. In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia. That bird was referred to as a "pie" until the late 16th century when th...
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15. Magpie
    (TV series) `Magpie` was a children`s television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC`s Blue Peter, but attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture. The show...
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16. Magpie
    (disambiguation) `Magpie` may refer to: Birds: Fish: Moths: Places: Ships: Sports clubs: Various football clubs may be known, formally or informally, as the Magpies: `Australia` `Britain` Music: Other:
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17. Magpie
    (comics) `Magpie` is a fictional super-villainess created by John Byrne, who first appeared in the miniseries, The Man of Steel``. She is notable for her outlandish 1980s style including a unique tri-hawk/mullet hairstyle (Although in Man of Steel #3, Superman reveals that her unique h...
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18. MAGPIE
    `MAGPIE` stands for Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments and is a pulsed power generator based at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. The generator was originally designed to produce a current pulse with a maximum of 1.8 million Amperes in 240 nanoseconds (150 nanosecon...
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