cyanocitta cristata

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   common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast

   Synonymsblue jayjaybird

   BroaderNew World jay

   Part ofCyanocitta

Questions about cyanocitta cristata

What does cyanocitta cristata mean?

cyanocitta cristata means "common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast".

What is another word for cyanocitta cristata?

Close synonyms include blue jay, jaybird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyanocitta cristata a common word?

cyanocitta cristata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.