Yellow-billed-magpie
see under magpie (def 1).
either of two corvine birds, pica pica (black-billed magpie) of eurasia and north america, or p. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of california, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
any of several related corvine birds.
any of several black-and-white birds not related to the true magpies, as gymnorhina tibicen, of australia.
an incessantly talkative person; noisy chatterer; chatterbox.
a person who collects or h–rds things, especially indiscriminately.
western u.s. a black-and-white cow or steer, as a holstein.
noun
any of various p-sserine birds of the genus pica, esp p. pica, having a black-and-white plumage, long tail, and a chattering call: family corvidae (crows, etc)
any of various similar birds of the australian family cracticidae see also butcherbird (sense 2)
any of various other similar or related birds
(often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon typically having black-and-white markings
(brit) a person who h–rds small objects
a person who chatters
the outmost ring but one on a target
a shot that hits this ring
n.
whan pyes chatter vpon a house it is a sygne of ryghte euyll tydynges. [1507]
divination by number of magpies is attested from c.1780 in lincolnshire; the rhyme varies from place to place, the only consistency being that one is bad, two are good.
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