Dictionary  mag•piePronunciation: (mag'pī"), [key] —n. 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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