magpie
mag-pie · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A long-tailed black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its noisy chatter and attraction to shiny objects.
- 2.
A person who collects or hoards things indiscriminately, especially small objects.
- 3.
A person who chatters idly.
Forms
plural: magpies
Related words
Etymology
From Mag (a common nickname for Margaret, used to denote chattering) and pie (an old word for magpie, from Latin pica).