blue jay

noun

common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast

• Syn: ↑jaybird, ↑Cyanocitta cristata

• Hypernyms: ↑New World jay

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyanocitta, ↑genus Cyanocitta

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noun

1.

a. : the common jay (Cyanocitta cristata) of eastern No. America with a handsome crest and the plumage of the upper parts chiefly bright blue

b. : any of several related largely blue birds of the western United States with crests (genus Cyanocitta) or without crests (genus Aphelocoma)

2. : road monkey

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a common, crested jay, Cyanocitta cristata, of eastern North America, having a bright blue back and a gray breast.

[1700-10, Amer.]

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blue jay noun

A N American jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

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Main Entry: ↑blue

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blue jay,

a noisy, chattering eastern North American bird with a crest and blue feathers on its back.

╂[American English < blue + jay]

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n. a common North American jay with a blue crest, back, wings, and tail. ● Cyanocitta cristata, family Corvidae

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noun, pl ⋯ jays [count]

: a common American bird that is mostly blue