bluejaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbluː.dʒeɪ/us/ˈbluː.dʒeɪ/a small North American bird with a bright blue back, a grey front, and feathers that stand up on the top of its head
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bullfinch
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- jackass
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- ostrich
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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Examples from literature
- And there's another thing: in good, clean, out-and-out scolding, a bluejay can beat anything alive.
- Nothing but a bluejay could possibly get down to the creek below.
- The bluejay was entirely occupied with his own business of breaking into another bird's nest and eating the eggs.
- The harsh scream of a bluejay struck a discord through her reverie.
- The little girl had parrot feathers tied to her forehead and a bunch of plumes from the bluejay stood up from the back of herhead.