Clark nutcracker
noun
variants or Clark's nutcracker or less commonly Clark's crow
: a grayish white bird (Nucifraga columbiana) of the family Corvidae of western North America with black-and-white wings and tail
Word History
Etymology
after William Clark †1838 American explorer
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
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- spotted wilt
- spotted wintergreen
- spotted woodpecker
- spotted-finned sunfish
- spotted-necked otter
- spottedly
- spottedness
- spotter
- spotters
- spottest
- spottier
- spottiest
- spottilier
- spottiliest
- spottily
- spottiness
- spottinesses
- spotting
- spotting disk
- spotting scope