Magpie
91magpie — adj. Prone to collect miscellaneous objects …
92magpie — see mamiá tsíkimi …
93little magpie — Magpie Mag pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie, and cf.… …
94magpie-goose — noun Anseranas semipalmata, a member of the bird order Anseriformes, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs …
95Magpie Alley — West out of Whitefriars Street, at No. 20, to George Yard, within the precinct of Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory). First mention: In P. Clerks, 1732, described as Magpye alley, or glasshouse alley in Great Ashentree …
96magpie moth — noun a white moth with black and yellow spots whose caterpillars can be pests of fruit bushes. [Abraxas grossulariata and related species.] …
97magpie goose — /ˈmægpaɪ gus/ (say magpuy goohs) noun a large, noisy, black and white goose like bird, Anseranas semipalmata, the sole member of the family Anseranatidae, with a conspicuous knob on its head, found in New Guinea and on the coastal plains of… …
98magpie hat — /ˈmægpaɪ hæt/ (say magpuy hat) noun a hat with eyes drawn on or stuck to the back of it, used to deter an attack to the head by magpies defending their nests …
99magpie stick — /ˈmægpaɪ stɪk/ (say magpuy stik) noun a stick carried over the shoulder with the end above the head, used as protection from attacks by magpies defending their nests, the magpies directing their attack to the tip of the stick rather than the head …
100magpie diver — noun : smew …
