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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noun1.
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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.