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Cyanocitta

noun

New World jays

• Syn: ↑genus Cyanocitta

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Garrulinae, ↑subfamily Garrulinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑blue jay, ↑jaybird, ↑Cyanocitta cristata

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\\ˌsīə(ˌ)nōˈsid.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cyan- + Greek kitta, kissa jay; akin to Old English higora, higore magpie, jay, Middle Low German heger jay, Old High German hehara jay, Sanskrit kiki, kikidīvi blue jay

: a genus of American jays largely blue in color — see blue jay 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.