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nut·hatch

(nŭt′hăch′)

Any of several small, short-tailed birds of the genus Sitta found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long sharp bill and known for climbing down trees headfirst.

[Middle English notehache : note, nut; see nut + hache, hatchet (from Old French, perhaps of Germanic origin, from its habit of wedging nuts in bark and hacking them open).]

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nuthatch

(ˈnʌtˌhætʃ) ,

nutjobber

nutpecker

(Animals) any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts

[C14: notehache, from note nut + hache hatchet, from the bird's habit of splitting nuts; see nut, hack¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

nut•hatch

(ˈnʌtˌhætʃ)

n.

any of various small, sharp-beaked songbirds of the family Sittidae, mainly of the Northern Hemisphere, that seek food along tree trunks and branches.

[1300–50; Middle English notehache, nuthagge, nuthak literally, nut hacker. See nut, hack¹]

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Noun

nuthatch - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

nutcracker

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

Translations

Kleiber

sittelle

поползень

nuthatch

[ˈnʌthætʃ] N → trepador m, trepatroncos m

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nuthatch

[ˈnʌtˌhætʃ] n (bird) → picchio muratore

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In our own country the larger titmouse (Parus major) may be seen climbing branches, almost like a creeper; it often, like a shrike, kills small birds by blows on the head; and I have many times seen and heard it hammering the seeds of the yew on a branch, and thus breaking them like a nuthatch. In North America the black bear was seen by Hearne swimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the water.

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