nutcracker

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.

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nutcracker

Noun

a device for cracking the shells of nuts Also: (nutcrackers)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nutcracker - a compound lever used to crack nuts open compound lever - a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
	2.	nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects nuthatch oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Sittidae, Sittidae - nuthatches 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 common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes - Old World nutcracker Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana - nutcracker of the western United States