Steller's jay
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Steller's jay
1820–30, after George W. Steller (1709–46), German naturalist
Example Sentences
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Today, it showed, he had spotted a Steller’s jay and a crow.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2021
Perhaps a big Steller’s jay hears a chickadee’s frantic alarm in the face of a little pygmy owl and says, in effect, “‘I’m not worried,’ ” Dr.. Greene said.
From New York Times • May 18, 2015
On a brilliant winter afternoon, knee-deep snow covers the intake pond behind a small concrete dam, and a Steller's jay swoops among the evergreens.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lastly, down with a swoop came a Steller's jay out of a fir-tree, probably with the intention of moistening his noisy throat.
From The Mountains of California by Muir, John
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