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
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