Definition of Blue jay

1. Noun. Common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast.

Exact synonyms: Cyanocitta Cristata, Jaybird
Group relationships: Cyanocitta, Genus Cyanocitta
Generic synonyms: New World Jay

Definition of Blue jay

1. Proper noun. (baseball) A player on the team Toronto Blue Jays. ¹

2. Noun. A species of North American jay with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back, ''Cyanocitta cristata'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blue jay

1. The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant colour is bright blue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Jay

blue grama
blue green
blue greens
blue gum
blue gums
blue heeler
blue heelers
blue hen-hawk
blue hole
blue holes
blue hour
blue hours
blue jack
blue jasmine
blue jay
blue jean
blue jeans
blue jessamine
blue jets
blue joke
blue law
blue laws
blue line
blue lines
blue link
blue links
blue lotus
blue mahoe
blue marguerite

Literary usage of Blue jay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chinook texts by Franz Boas (1894)
"Blue-Jay went down to the water and threw the bushes out of his canoe into the ... Blue-Jay hid his club under his blanket. They jumped into the water and ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1792 The crow, the blue jay, the wood pecker, and the partridge are seen flying. ... 1794 I would not shoot a blue jay, while the Eagle is to be come ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Florida blue jay. ... The nesting habits and eggs of this smaller subspecies are the same as those of the northern blue jay. Like our birds, they frequently ..."

4. Poetry of the Seasons by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1898)
"O blue jay up in the maple tree, A-tossing your saucy head at me, With ne'er a word for my questioning, Pray, ..."

5. Songs and Stories from Tennessee by John Trotwood Moore (1902)
"But best of all, 'twixt you and me, That girl is mine—my Marjorie ! blue jay. OTHE world is all against you, blue jay, , blue jay; ..."

6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"FLORIDA blue jay. b. Back bluish gray; tail not tipped with white; ... The Blue Jay, I fear, is a reprobate, but, notwithstanding his fondness for eggs and ..."

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