gralha-azul

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.aˈzuw/ [ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.aˈzuʊ̯], /ɡɾa.ʎ‿aˈzuw/ [ɡɾa.ʎ‿aˈzuʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾa.ʎa.aˈzuw/ [ˌɡɾa.ʎa.aˈzuʊ̯], /ɡɾa.ʎ‿aˈzuw/ [ɡɾa.ʎ‿aˈzuʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.ɐˈzul/ [ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.ɐˈzuɫ], /ɡɾɐ.ʎ‿ɐˈzul/ [ɡɾɐ.ʎ‿ɐˈzuɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.ɐˈzu.li/, /ɡɾɐ.ʎ‿ɐˈzu.li/

Noun

gralha-azul f (plural gralhas-azuis)

  1. azure jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus)
    • 1894, Emilio Augusto Goeldi, “Passeriformes” (chapter V), in Aves do Brasil, volume 1, São Paulo: Livraria Classica de Alves & C., page 262:
      Assim informa Natterer, que em Paranaguá ficou conhecendo Cyancorax azureus e C. Heckel, chamados ali pela denominação trival de Gralha azul e Acahen, como muito nocivas ao milho, aos cannaviaes e ás hortas.
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