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What is a magpie?

What is a magpie? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
    1. especially Pica pica.
  2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
  3. Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
  4. (slang) Fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
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As we took the top out of it I found a huge nest which is what I assume was the magpie house.
Black and white magpie geese rise like a thousand startled handkerchiefs while elegant, long-legged brolgas pick among the giant water lilies.
Two cuckoo and two magpie nestlings were removed from different nests a day before being tested together in a same artificial nest.
Some kind of magpie was chattering from the cherry trees, sounding like a child's imitation of a machine gun.
Netting unless very well put on the trees prove no good as the clever jackdaw or cheeky magpie can get in with ease in the smallest opening.
He asked anyone who finds a dead crow, raven, magpie or jay or other member of the corvid bird family to call the health authority.

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