black-billed magpie

black-billed magpie

noun
See under magpie (def. 1).

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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mag·pie

[mag-pahy]
noun
1.
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie), of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie), of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
2.
any of several related corvine birds.
3.
any of several black-and-white birds not related to the true magpies, as Gymnorhina tibicen, of Australia.
4.
an incessantly talkative person; noisy chatterer; chatterbox.
5.
a person who collects or hoards things, especially indiscriminately.
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6.
Western U.S. a black-and-white cow or steer, as a Holstein.
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Origin:
1595–1605; Mag Margaret + pie2
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