Defn: The magpie. [Prov. Eng.]
NIOBATE
Ni"o*bate, n. Etym: [See Niobium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Columbate.
NIOBE
Ni"o*be, n. Etym: [L. Nioba, Niobe, gr. (Class, Myth.)
Defn: The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.
NIOBIC
Ni*ob"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Columbic.
NIOBITE
Ni"o*bite, n. (Min.)
Defn: Same as Columbite.
NIOBIUM
Ni*o"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. & E. Niobe.] (Chem.)