Nuthatch

2 definitions found

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

  Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d {Hack}.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of birds of the genus {Sitta}, as
     the European species ({Sitta Europaea}). The {white-breasted
     nuthatch} ({Sitta Carolinensis}), the {red-breasted nuthatch}
     ({Sitta Canadensis}), the {pygmy nuthatch} ({Sitta pygmaea}),
     and others, are American.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nuthatch
       n : any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that
           creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects [syn: {nutcracker}]