australian_magpie (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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

EnglishAustralian 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

HyperDicEnglishAUSTRAL ... Australian magpie