Nutcracker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nutcracker \Nut"crack`er\, n.
     1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A European bird ({Nucifraga caryocatactes}), allied to


            the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted
            with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.
        (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker ({Picicorvus
            Columbianus}) of Western North America.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nutcracker
       n 1: a compound lever used to crack nuts open [syn: {nutcrackers}]
       2: any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that
          creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects [syn: {nuthatch}]
       3: speckled birds that feed on nuts