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blue jay

noun

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


blue jay

noun

  1. a common North American jay, Cyanocitta cristata , having bright blue plumage with greyish-white underparts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue jay1

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Feathers also have microscopic keratin structures that can reflect different light wavelengths, such as the ones in blue jay feathers that absorb every wavelength except blue.

The blue-jay took his bath in an original way as he did everything else.

Another mischievous deity of the Chinooks and other western peoples is Blue Jay.

All was still, except for the chatter of a blue-jay, and after a moment or so his attention again relaxed.

Ralph, you remind me of the blue-jay in the cage upon the stoep which knows but one word and repeats it all day long.

Then, his eye roving to the loftier shelves, he spied remotely above him a stuffed blue jay mounted on a varnished branch of oak.

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