Nuthatch Definition

nŭthăch
nuthatches
noun
nuthatches
Any of various small passerine birds (family Sittidae) with a sharp beak and a short tail: they typically search for insects by moving down tree trunks headfirst.
Webster's New World
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nuthatch
Plural:
nuthatches

Origin of Nuthatch

  • Middle English notehache note nut nut hache hatchet (from Old French) (perhaps of Germanic origin, from its habit of wedging nuts in bark and hacking them open)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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