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BELL MAGPIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bell magpie mean? 

BELL MAGPIE (noun)
  The noun BELL MAGPIE has 1 sense:

1. bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like callplay

  Familiarity information: BELL MAGPIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BELL MAGPIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bell magpie; currawong

Hypernyms ("bell magpie" is a kind of...):

Australian magpie (black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies)

Holonyms ("bell magpie" is a member of...):

genus Strepera; Strepera (bell magpies)


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