"blue jay" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue jays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue jay (plural blue jays)
  1. Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back. Categories (lifeform): Corvids Synonyms: bluejay Related terms: gray jay (taxonomic: Perisoreus spp.), ground jay (taxonomic: Podoces spp.), jay, jaybird Translations (species of North American jay): блакітная сойка (blakitnaja sójka) [feminine] (Belarusian), паўночнаамерыканская блакітная сойка (paŭnóčnaamjerykanskaja blakitnaja sójka) [feminine] (Belarusian), gaig nord-americà [masculine] (Catalan), čóp·ata- (Central Sierra Miwok), blauwe gaai [masculine] (Dutch), blua garolo (Esperanto), sinitöyhtönärhi (Finnish), geai bleu [masculine] (French), Blauhäher [masculine] (German), Blauhähermännchen [masculine, neuter] (German), Blauhäherweibchen [feminine, neuter] (German), scréachóg ghorm [feminine] (Irish), ghiandaia azzurra americana [feminine] (Italian), ghiandaia azzurra [feminine] (Italian), アオカケス (aokakesu) (Japanese), 큰어치 (keuneochi) (Korean), kayʼkayʼ (Lushootseed), ബ്ലൂ ജെയ് (blū jeyŭ) (Malayalam), screeaghag ghorrym [masculine] (Manx), tities [animate] (Mi'kmaq), joogii (Navajo), blåskrike [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blåskrikje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), blåskrike [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Harrevoggel [masculine] (Pennsylvania German), Heista (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), modrosójka błękitna [feminine] (Polish), gaio [masculine] (Portuguese), ojindis (Potawatomi), североамерика́нская голуба́я со́йка (severoamerikánskaja golubája sójka) [feminine] (Russian), severnoameriška šoja [feminine] (Slovene), urraca de América [feminine] (Spanish), arrendajo azul [masculine] (Spanish), urraca azul [feminine] (Spanish), blåskrika [common-gender] (Swedish), cʼȁwéna (Taos), mavi tüylü alakarga (Turkish), mavi alakarga (Turkish), sgrech las [feminine] (Welsh), ję́ę́ʼi (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-blue_jay-en-noun-NjwP8oXO Disambiguation of Corvids: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'species of North American jay': 93 7
  2. One of the blue-marked species of the Old World bird genus Coracias. Synonyms: roller
    Sense id: en-blue_jay-en-noun-3y~dhzMz

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      ],
      "word": "modrosójka błękitna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pot",
      "lang": "Potawatomi",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "word": "ojindis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "severoamerikánskaja golubája sójka",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "североамерика́нская голуба́я со́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "severnoameriška šoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urraca de América"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrendajo azul"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urraca azul"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blåskrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "word": "cʼȁwéna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "word": "mavi tüylü alakarga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "word": "mavi alakarga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "species of North American jay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgrech las"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blue jay"
}

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