australian_magpie (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Australian magpie*:
NOUN	animal	Australian magpie	black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies

English > *Australian magpie*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies.
Member of	Cracticidae, family Cracticidae	Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
Narrower	butcherbird	large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
	currawong, bell magpie	bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
	piping crow, piping crow-shrike, Gymnorhina tibicen	crow-sized black-and-white bird
Broader	oscine, oscine bird	passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
Spanish	pica pica australianos

HyperDic: australian_magpie