nuthatch

[ nuht-hach ]

/ ˈnʌtˌhætʃ /

noun

any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.

Origin of nuthatch

1300–50; Middle English notehache, nuthagge, nuthak, literally, nut hacker. See nut, hack¹

Words nearby nuthatch

nutcracker, Nutcracker Suite, nut dash, nutgall, nut grass, nuthatch, nut house, nutjob, nut key, nutlet, Nutley

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Example sentences from the Web for nuthatch

The body and bill of the Nuthatch is stouter, and not such a pretty shape, and his bill almost turns up.
Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
Presently one of them was seen carefully primping his feathers—a function that I had not previously seen a nuthatch perform.
Our Bird Comrades|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
Another resident eastern species is the Nuthatch (Sitta csia), but neither of these is probably of Siberian origin.
The History of the European Fauna|R. F. Scharff
(a) What is the most noticeable character that distinguishes the nuthatch from the chickadee?
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various

The nuthatch clears up the trunk and large limbs, and the chickadee does the same for the small branches and around the leaves.
The Children's Book of Birds|Olive Thorne Miller

British Dictionary definitions for nuthatch

nuthatch

/ (ˈnʌtˌhætʃ) /

noun

any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts

Word Origin for nuthatch

C14: notehache, from note nut + hache hatchet, from the bird's habit of splitting nuts; see nut, hack 1

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单词	nuthatch
释义	nuthatch [ nuht-hach ] / ˈnʌtˌhætʃ / noun any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects. Origin of nuthatch 1300–50; Middle English notehache, nuthagge, nuthak, literally, nut hacker. See nut, hack¹ Words nearby nuthatch nutcracker, Nutcracker Suite, nut dash, nutgall, nut grass, nuthatch, nut house, nutjob, nut key, nutlet, Nutley Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nuthatch The body and bill of the Nuthatch is stouter, and not such a pretty shape, and his bill almost turns up. Citizen Bird\|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues Presently one of them was seen carefully primping his feathers—a function that I had not previously seen a nuthatch perform. Our Bird Comrades\|Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser Another resident eastern species is the Nuthatch (Sitta csia), but neither of these is probably of Siberian origin. The History of the European Fauna\|R. F. Scharff (a) What is the most noticeable character that distinguishes the nuthatch from the chickadee? Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets\|Various The nuthatch clears up the trunk and large limbs, and the chickadee does the same for the small branches and around the leaves. The Children's Book of Birds\|Olive Thorne Miller British Dictionary definitions for nuthatch nuthatch / (ˈnʌtˌhætʃ) / noun any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts Word Origin for nuthatch C14: notehache, from note nut + hache hatchet, from the bird's habit of splitting nuts; see nut, hack 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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