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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

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:

magpie; pack rat; scavenger

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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