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Jay

/dʒeɪ/

Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.

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noun

1
Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
2
Other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
3
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
4
A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.

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stellernoun	Steller's sea cow, an extinct sirenian.
willienoun	A diminutive of the male given name William.
veenoun	The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
jayanoun	(India) A female given name from Sanskrit.
guynoun	(colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
fridaynoun	The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
jayenoun	A unisex given name.
jaenoun	A male given name.
gaynoun	An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
gainoun	A village and municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.
gyenoun	—
jienoun	(historical) An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
hicknoun	(derogatory) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
yokelnoun	(derogatory) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
bumpkinnoun	A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
hayseednoun	(countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
rusticnoun	Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
rubenoun	(derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
provincialnoun	Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
gawkverb	To stare or gape stupidly.