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• Magpie

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but havi...

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• Magpie

  (Magpy Alley) 1) West out of Fetter Lane to Castle Yard, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• magpie

  n. a black-and-white Crow-Shrike,present all over Australia. He resembles the English Magpie ingene...

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• Perch

  ·vt To occupy as a perch. II. Perch ·vt To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. III. Perch ·vi T...

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• perch

  n. This English fish-name is appliedwith various epithets to many fishes in Australia, some of thet...

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• perch

  A pole stuck up on a shoal as a beacon; or a spar erected on or projected from a cliff whence to wat...

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• Magpie Alley

  West out of Whitefriars Street, at No. 20, to George Yard, within the precinct of Whitefriars, in Fa...

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• bush-magpie

  n. an Australian bird, morecommonly called a Magpie (q.v.). 1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australas...

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• magpie-goose

  n. a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...

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• magpie-lark

  n. an Australian black-and-whitebird ( Grallina picata, Lath.), resembling the Magpie inappearance,...

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• organ-magpie

  See organ-bird ...

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• Sea perch

  ·- The sea bass. II. Sea perch ·- The <<Cunner>>. III. Sea perch ·- The name is applied also to ot...

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• black-perch

  n. a river fish of New South Wales. Therapon niger, Castln., family Percidae.A different fish from ...

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• golden-perch

  n. a fresh-water fish ofAustralia, Ctenolates ambiguus, Richards., family Percidae, and C. christyi...

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• murray-perch

  n. a freshwater fish, Oligorusmitchelli, Castln., closely allied to Oligorusmacquariensis, the Murr...

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• parrot-perch

  n. See parrot-fish. ...

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• pearl-perch

  n. a rare marine fish of New SouthWales, excellent for food, Glaucosoma scapulare, Ramsay,family Pe...

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• red perch

  n. name given in Tasmania to the fish Anthias rasor, Richards.; also called the Barber.In Australia...

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• rock-perch

  n. the name given in Melbourneto the fish Glyphidodon victoriae, Gunth., family Pomacentridae, or C...

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• sea-perch

  n. a name applied to differentfishes – – in Sydney, to the Morwong (q.v.) and Bull's – eye (q.v.); ...

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• silver-perch

  n. a fresh-water fish,i.q. Bidyan Ruffe (q.v.). ...

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• trumpeter-perch

  n. i.q. mado (q.v.). ...

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• fresh-water perch

  n. name given in Tasmania tothe fish Microperca tasmaniae. ...

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• red gurnet-perch

  n. name given in Victoria tothe fish Sebastes percoides, Richards., family Scorpaenidae. It is also...

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