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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: pie 'magpie' ( MAGPIE)

pied

 adjective
     
Related topics: Animals
pied [only before noun]
HBA used in the names of birds that are black and white:
a pied wagtail
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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