Magpie
noun
A type of bird which is black and white and known for collecting shiny things.
I saw a magpie collecting shiny objects in its nest.
Often appears as...
- a flock of magpies
- a magpie's nest
noun
A person who collects or hoards things, especially those that seem worthless or of little value.
He's a magpie; he can't resist bringing home anything that sparkles.
Often appears as...
- magpie mentality
- magpie syndrome
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A fan or player of the Collingwood Football Club (Australian Rules Football team).
As a passionate Magpie, he hasn't missed a game this season.
Often appears as...
- go magpies
- magpie supporter
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A type of bird which is black and white and known for collecting shiny things.
I saw a magpie collecting shiny objects in its nest.
Often appears as...
- a flock of magpies
- a magpie's nest
noun
A person who collects or hoards things, especially those that seem worthless or of little value.
He's a magpie; he can't resist bringing home anything that sparkles.
Often appears as...
- magpie mentality
- magpie syndrome
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A fan or player of the Collingwood Football Club (Australian Rules Football team).
As a passionate Magpie, he hasn't missed a game this season.
Often appears as...
- go magpies
- magpie supporter
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Color Clues
Remember 'magpie' for a bird with distinct black and white feathers, like in old movies.
The magpie stood out against the green leaves with its black and white plumage.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Collector
Magpies are often associated with picking up shiny metal objects, a notable behavior.
My necklace must have fallen outside; maybe a magpie took it due to its shine.
Pro Tip 3/3Bird Mythology
The magpie is associated with superstitions and folklore in many cultures.
In some tales, seeing a single magpie is considered bad luck.
Pro Tip 1/3Color Clues
Remember 'magpie' for a bird with distinct black and white feathers, like in old movies.
The magpie stood out against the green leaves with its black and white plumage.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Collector
Magpies are often associated with picking up shiny metal objects, a notable behavior.
My necklace must have fallen outside; maybe a magpie took it due to its shine.
Pro Tip 3/3Bird Mythology
The magpie is associated with superstitions and folklore in many cultures.
In some tales, seeing a single magpie is considered bad luck.
Pro Tip 1/3Color Clues
Remember 'magpie' for a bird with distinct black and white feathers, like in old movies.
The magpie stood out against the green leaves with its black and white plumage.
Pro Tip 2/3Material Collector
Magpies are often associated with picking up shiny metal objects, a notable behavior.
My necklace must have fallen outside; maybe a magpie took it due to its shine.
Pro Tip 3/3Bird Mythology
The magpie is associated with superstitions and folklore in many cultures.
In some tales, seeing a single magpie is considered bad luck.
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This Platypus Can Glow...
blue toxic system if you do it with air bubbles that's much better isn't it but have a look at this there's a little clip to show you in detail here but if i move it around the way that it reflects reflects the light here so there's something see this is a magpie feather exactly and often when you see magpies and similar birds you can really see the
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Nature Dates: Jack...
but, in fact, it's probably your hearing. Really? Yeah, because you can hear things that you can't see, obviously, if they're skulking around down in the foliage. And you pick it up quite quickly. Some birds produce a very characteristic call, some are a little bit more tricky. Magpie. The one that's just
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The interspecies...
We used to think this was a uniquely human ability, but we learned that the great apes, our closest relatives, also show this ability. Then we showed it in dolphins, and then later in elephants. We did this work in my lab with the dolphins and elephants, and it's been recently shown in the magpie.
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Chasing the Rare Snow...
But the leopard has to continually protect its prey during the daytime or else it will be destroyed. Once the vultures come down, they they just demolish a huge carcass in a very short space of time. The leopard was being persecuted by these magpies that would, that would sort of hop around it,
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Stuart Brown: Play is...
and they rehearse and they do some other things that help memory and that are a very important part of sleep and dreams. The next step of evolution in mammals and creatures with divinely superfluous neurons will be to play. And the fact that the polar bear and husky or magpie and a bear
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The myth of the original...
But no matter how hard they struggled, the gulf between them only grew wider. Day after day, the Queen Mother watched without pity. Years passed, and the weaver and the cowherd had no one, except the passing magpies to cheer them on.
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
victorious a name for the bird well done Ally well if those of you have correctly identified it as the magpie Shrike hundred percent to you and it is also cooperative breeder as we said and for some reason the cooperative breathers
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What crows teach us...
but one thing we do know is that humans are far from alone in our attention towards the dead. Like people, some animals, including the corvids, the family of birds that houses the crows, ravens, magpies and jays,
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
count them we've got the lesser grace rank and the red-backed Shrike and the white crown Shrike and the gray head Bush right the orange blistered Bush Shrike the magpie Shrike the red seas
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Finding Little Owls in...
And as people moved out, other things moved in. That bird on top of there, Is that a magpie? It's a piece of metal. Well, that's embarrassing for both of us.
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
blue toxic system if you do it with air bubbles that's much better isn't it but have a look at this there's a little clip to show you in detail here but if i move it around the way that it reflects reflects the light here so there's something see this is a magpie feather exactly and often when you see magpies and similar birds you can really see the
Video examples
Nature Dates: Jack...
but, in fact, it's probably your hearing. Really? Yeah, because you can hear things that you can't see, obviously, if they're skulking around down in the foliage. And you pick it up quite quickly. Some birds produce a very characteristic call, some are a little bit more tricky. Magpie. The one that's just
Video examples
The interspecies...
We used to think this was a uniquely human ability, but we learned that the great apes, our closest relatives, also show this ability. Then we showed it in dolphins, and then later in elephants. We did this work in my lab with the dolphins and elephants, and it's been recently shown in the magpie.
Video examples
Chasing the Rare Snow...
But the leopard has to continually protect its prey during the daytime or else it will be destroyed. Once the vultures come down, they they just demolish a huge carcass in a very short space of time. The leopard was being persecuted by these magpies that would, that would sort of hop around it,
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
and they rehearse and they do some other things that help memory and that are a very important part of sleep and dreams. The next step of evolution in mammals and creatures with divinely superfluous neurons will be to play. And the fact that the polar bear and husky or magpie and a bear
Video examples
The myth of the original...
But no matter how hard they struggled, the gulf between them only grew wider. Day after day, the Queen Mother watched without pity. Years passed, and the weaver and the cowherd had no one, except the passing magpies to cheer them on.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
victorious a name for the bird well done Ally well if those of you have correctly identified it as the magpie Shrike hundred percent to you and it is also cooperative breeder as we said and for some reason the cooperative breathers
Video examples
What crows teach us...
but one thing we do know is that humans are far from alone in our attention towards the dead. Like people, some animals, including the corvids, the family of birds that houses the crows, ravens, magpies and jays,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
count them we've got the lesser grace rank and the red-backed Shrike and the white crown Shrike and the gray head Bush right the orange blistered Bush Shrike the magpie Shrike the red seas
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
And as people moved out, other things moved in. That bird on top of there, Is that a magpie? It's a piece of metal. Well, that's embarrassing for both of us.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alice Oswald
British Poet
Even when writing your own poems, you need to talk to people; you need to magpie around, getting words and things. I'm very against the celebrity culture that wants to say: 'this is a genius, this is one person who has done something brilliant.' There are always a hundred people in the background who have helped to make it.
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Suranne Jones
English Actress
I'm a magpie - I collect accessories and trinkets. But I don't have expensive tastes.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character.
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Kenneth Branagh
Irish Actor
I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
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Israel Adesanya
Nigerian Athlete
I wear gold all of the time. I collect gold like a magpie.
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Jessica Stockholder
American Artist
I feel a bit like a magpie attracted to shiny things.
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Roy Thomson
Canadian Publisher
I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters.
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Patrick Cox
Canadian Designer
I am a magpie. My eye collects details.
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Paloma Faith
English Actress
I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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Alice Oswald
British Poet
Even when writing your own poems, you need to talk to people; you need to magpie around, getting words and things. I'm very against the celebrity culture that wants to say: 'this is a genius, this is one person who has done something brilliant.' There are always a hundred people in the background who have helped to make it.
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Suranne Jones
English Actress
I'm a magpie - I collect accessories and trinkets. But I don't have expensive tastes.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character.
Quote examples
Kenneth Branagh
Irish Actor
I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
Quote examples
Israel Adesanya
Nigerian Athlete
I wear gold all of the time. I collect gold like a magpie.
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Jessica Stockholder
American Artist
I feel a bit like a magpie attracted to shiny things.
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Roy Thomson
Canadian Publisher
I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters.
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Patrick Cox
Canadian Designer
I am a magpie. My eye collects details.
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Paloma Faith
English Actress
I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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