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MAGPIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("magpie" is a kind of...):
corvine bird (birds of the crow family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magpie"):
European magpie; Pica pica (a common magpie of Eurasia)
American magpie; Pica pica hudsonia (a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America)
Holonyms ("magpie" is a member of...):
genus Pica; Pica (magpies)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
Synonyms:
babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("magpie" is a kind of...):
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("magpie" is a kind of...):
hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)
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