jaia Save DMLBS jaia [OF, ME jai] , kind of bird, jay (Garrulus glandarius), magpie (Pica caudata), or woodpecker (of family Picidae). 9‥ picus, higera vel gagia WW; gaia vel catanus, higere Ælf. Gl. 132; avis quaedam picae similis, lingua Britannica ~a Turner Av. H 3v.