Definitions of Australian magpie
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black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
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types:
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butcherbird
large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
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bell magpie, currawong
bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
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Gymnorhina tibicen, piping crow, piping crow-shrike
crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
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type of:
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oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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butcherbird
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