scrub jay
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scrub jay
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Some legislators worry recognizing the threatened scrub jay could empower environmentalists to protect more habitat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
They include the black bear, Western scrub jay, California flannel brush, California bumble bee, California halibut, Northern elephant seal, Dungeness crab, California bay tree, Western spadefoot toad, and the endangered black abalone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
The same cannot be said of the Florida scrub jay, described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as the sole bird species found only in Florida.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
And the birds — the wrentit, the scrub jay, the sage sparrow — taking flight to . . . where exactly?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018
The first players to collect all species of birds — from the Florida scrub jay to the Atlantic puffin — will win a trip to the Galapagos Islands.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2011
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