Steller's jay


Stel·ler's jay

S0734925 (stĕl′ərz)n. A crested bird (Cyanocitta stelleri) of western North America and Central America, having sooty-brown and blue plumage with a black head.
[After Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), German naturalist.]

Stel′ler's jay′

(ˈstɛl ərz)
n. a common crested jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, of W North America, having blackish brown and dusky blue plumage. [1820–30, Amer.; after Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–46), German naturalist]