yellow-billed magpie

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noun yellow-billed magpie 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. 1
noun yellow-billed magpie any of several related corvine birds. 1
noun yellow-billed magpie any of several black-and-white birds not related to the true magpies, as Gymnorhina tibicen, of Australia. 1
noun yellow-billed magpie an incessantly talkative person; noisy chatterer; chatterbox. 1
noun yellow-billed magpie a person who collects or hoards things, especially indiscriminately. 1
noun yellow-billed magpie Western U.S. a black-and-white cow or steer, as a Holstein. 1

before 1855

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