yellow-billed magpie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow-billed magpie
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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“But what happens to a yellow-billed magpie in California that depends on scrub oak habitat? What happens as that bird keeps moving higher and higher and farther north and runs out of oak trees? Trees don’t fly. Birds do.”
From New York Times
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