Complete Definition of "magpie"

English
Image:Blackbilledmagpie12.JPG|thumb|The North American black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia.
Image:Magpie.jpg|thumb|The Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen.

Etymology
Mag, pet form of Margaret used to denote a chatterer + pie "magpie".

Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: mag·pie

Noun
magpie (plural: magpies)

  1. One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
  2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen.
  3. slang Fan or member of Newcastle United Football Club (soccer).

Synonyms
maggie
pie

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)

Albanian: laraskë
Basque: mika, pika
Belarusian: �а�ока (saróka) f
Bosnian: t-|bs|svraka|f
Breton: pig#Breton|pig
Bulgarian: �в�ака (svraka) f
Catalan: garsa
Chinese: �鵲 (x�què)
Croatian: t-|hr|svraka
Czech: t-|cs|straka
Danish: skade
Dutch: t+|nl|ekster|m
Esperanto: pigo
Estonian: harakas
Faroese: skjóra
Finnish: t+|fi|harakka
French: t+|fr|pie|f
Frisian: ekster
Friulian: cheche
Galician: pega f
German: t+|de|Elster|f
Greek: κα�ακάξα (karakáksa) f, κί��α (kisa) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|szarka
Icelandic: skjór
Irish: snag breac, meaig
Italian: t+|it|gazza|f
Japanese: ���� (kasasagi)
Korean: �� (kkachi)
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Ladin: gacia f
Latin: t-|la|pica|f
Latvian: žagata
Lithuanian: Å¡arka
Lower Sorbian: sroka f
Low Saxon ("Low German"): Exter, Hexter f
Macedonian: ���а�ка (stra�ka) f
Norwegian: skjære
Occitan: agaça f
Persian: FAchar|زاغ (zâgh)
Polish: sroka f
Portuguese: gralha f, pega f
Romani: kakarachi m, kakarachka f
Romanian: t+|ro|coţofan�|f
Romansh: giazla
Russian: �о�ока (soróka) f
Sami: skire
Sardinian: piga, malabiga, mariabiga, marabiga
Scottish: athaid
Serbian: �в�ака (svraka) f
Slovak: t-|sk|straka|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sraka|f
Spanish: urraca f, picaza f
Swedish: t+|sv|skata
Turkish: saksa�an
Ukrainian: �о�ока (soroka)
Upper Sorbian: sroka
Welsh: pioden

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Guugu Yimidhirr: gurradhuwaar
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