Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrub jay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: scrub -jay
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird of four species in the genus Aphelocoma of New World jays.

Inflected Forms

scrub jays (plural)

Phrases

California scrub jay Florida scrub jay Island scrub jay Woodhouse's scrub jay

Questions

What does scrub jay mean?: Any bird of four species in the genus Aphelocoma of New World jays.

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