Nuthatch

n.

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(Zool.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmæa), and others, are American.

Noun

1.

nuthatch - any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects Synonyms: nutcracker

European nuthatch, family Sittidae, nutcracker, oscine, oscine bird, red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Sitta carolinensis, Sitta europaea, Sittidae, white-breasted nuthatch