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Jays
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Blue jay
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The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy birds in the crow family Corvidae.

Jays in culture

Slang

  • The word "jay" has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a stupid or dull person, from which is derived the term jaywalking

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Related pages

  • Ericson, Per G. P.; Jansén, Anna-Lee; Johansson, Ulf S. & Ekman, Jan (2005): Inter-generic relationships of the crows, jays, magpies and allied groups (Aves: Corvidae) based on nucleotide sequence data. Journal of Avian Biology 36: 222-234. PDF fulltext
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