jay : Idioms & Phrases

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alan jay lerner

  • noun United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986)
    Lerner.
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blue jay

  • noun common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
    jaybird; Cyanocitta cristata.
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  1. (Zoöl.) The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.
Webster 1913

canada jay

  • noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
    Perisoreus canadensis; Canada jay; whisker jack; gray jay; camp robber.
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common european jay

  • noun fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings
    Garullus garullus.
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gray jay

  • noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
    Perisoreus canadensis; Canada jay; whisker jack; gray jay; camp robber.
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grey jay

  • noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
    Perisoreus canadensis; Canada jay; whisker jack; gray jay; camp robber.
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jay cooke

  • noun United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
    Cooke.
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jay gould

  • noun United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
    Gould.
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Jay thrush

  • (Zoöl.), any one several species of Asiatic singing birds, of the genera Garrulax, Grammatoptila, and related genera of the family Crateropodidæ; as; the white-throated jay thrush (G. albogularis), of India.
Webster 1913

john jay

  • noun United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
    Jay.
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new world jay

  • noun a North American jay
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old world jay

  • noun a European jay
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rocky mountain jay

  • noun a Canada jay with a white head; widely distributed from Montana to Arizona
    Perisoreus canadensis capitalis.
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stephen jay gould

  • noun United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
    Gould.
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