[mag-pahy] 
| 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, esp. indiscriminately. |
| 6. | Western U.S. a black-and-white cow or steer, as a Holstein. |
