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nutcracker
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nut·crack·er  (ntkrkr)
n.
1. An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed.
2.
a. Any of various birds of the genus Nucifraga, especially N. caryocatactes of northern Eurasia and N. columbiana of western North America, that are related to the crow and feed chiefly on the seeds of pine cones.
b. See nuthatch.

nutcracker
Noun
a device for cracking the shells of nuts Also: (nutcrackers)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nutcrackernutcracker - a compound lever used to crack nuts open
compound lever - a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
2.nutcrackernutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
European nuthatch, Sitta europaea - a kind of nuthatch
red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis - bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
Sitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch - bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
3.nutcracker - speckled birds that feed on nuts
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga - nutcrackers
Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana - nutcracker of the western United States


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Balda started studying pinyon jays and Clark's nutcrackers in the late 1960s.
Clark's nutcrackers perform an invaluable symbiotic service for the whitebark pine community.
In laboratory tests, birds called Clark's nutcrackers have recalled where they buried something 9 months earlier.
 
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