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Definition of Blue Jay
1. Noun. Common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Jay
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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