Definition of nuthatch Nuthatch

nut•hatch

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What does nuthatch mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: nuthatches

nuthatch - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
  nutcracker
  oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
  family sittidae, sittidae nuthatches
  european nuthatch, sitta europaea a kind of nuthatch
  red-breasted nuthatch, sitta canadensis bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • nuthatch (Noun)
    Any of various small passerine birds from the family found throughout the Northern hemisphere that have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • nuthatch (n.)
    Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmaea), and others, are American.

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