| 释义 |
magpie /magˈpī/ noun- The pie (Pica pica), a black-and-white chattering bird of the same type as the crow (also (Shakespeare) magˈot-pie or maggˈot-pie)
- Extended to other black-and-white or pied birds (in Australia, a piping crow)
- A chattering person
- An Anglican bishop (obsolete)
- A hit on the penultimate outermost division of a target (shooting)
- A person who hoards or steals objects (figurative)
- A halfpenny (obs sl)
ORIGIN: Mag or Magot, short form of Margaret, and pie3 magpie lark noun A ground-dwelling black-and-white Australian bird (Grallina cyanoleuca) magpie moth noun The moth of the gooseberry caterpillar |