"bluejay" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bluejays [plural]
Etymology: From blue + jay. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blue<id:hue>|jay|text=+|tree=1}} From blue + jay., {{ety|en|:af|blue<id:hue>|jay|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁wos Proto-Germanic *blēwaz Proto-West Germanic *blāubor. Late Latin blāvus Anglo-Norman bleubor. Middle English blew English blue English jay English bluejay From blue + jay. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluejay (plural bluejays)
  1. Alternative spelling of blue jay. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blue jay

Inflected forms

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