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NUTHATCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
Synonyms:
nutcracker; nuthatch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nuthatch" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nuthatch"):
European nuthatch; Sitta europaea (a kind of nuthatch)
red-breasted nuthatch; Sitta canadensis (bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests)
Sitta carolinensis; white-breasted nuthatch (bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("nuthatch" is a member of...):
family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)