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nuthatch
[ nuht-hach ]
noun
- any of numerous small, short-tailed, sharp-beaked birds of the family Sittidae that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects.
nuthatch
/ ˈnʌtˌhætʃ /
noun
- any songbird of the family Sittidae, esp Sitta europaea, having strong feet and bill, and feeding on insects, seeds, and nuts
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nuthatch1
C14: notehache, from note nut + hache hatchet, from the bird's habit of splitting nuts; see nut , hack 1
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Example Sentences
Hence the nest of the nuthatch, unless discovered when in course of construction, is difficult to locate.
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Now and again, as they rustled some low tree, a pewee or a nuthatch would give a startled chirp.
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Florida White-breasted Nuthatch (atkinsi) is slightly smaller; other races are found west of the Rockies.
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While thus engaged, I saw a White-breasted Nuthatch, with something in its - 25 - beak, alight on the trunk of a wild cherry tree.
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The body and bill of the Nuthatch is stouter, and not such a pretty shape, and his bill almost turns up.
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