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nutcracker definition

nut·cracker (nut′krak′ər)

noun

  1. an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts, usually consisting of two hinged metal levers, between which the nut is squeezed
  2. either of two jaylike corvid birds that feed on nuts; specif., a white-spotted, dark-brown European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes) or the grayish Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana) of W North America

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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