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magpie

Any of various birds belonging to the crow family. They feed on insects, snails, young birds, and carrion, and are found in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and western North America. (Genus Pica, family Corvidae, order Passeriformes.)

The black-billed magpie (P. pica) of Europe, Asia, and western North America, about 45 cm/18 in long, has black and white plumage, the long tail having a metallic sheen.



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The jackdaws were eating pie- crust, and the magpie was drinking gravy out of a patty-pan.
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Then there was the sleigh ride, during which she found her tongue and chattered like any magpie, and so ended that glorious Christmas Day; and many and many a night thereafter did Rebecca go to sleep with the precious coral chain under her pillow, one hand always upon it to be certain that it was safe.
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