magpie
noun/ˈmæɡpaɪ/
/ˈmæɡpaɪ/
- a black and white bird with a long tail and a noisy call. There is a popular belief that magpies like to steal small bright objects.Topics Birdsc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably shortening of dialect maggot the pie, maggoty-pie, from Magot (Middle English pet form of the given name Marguerite) + pie, used in the naming of birds.
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