Meaning of NUTCRACKER
| Pronunciation: | | 'nut`krakur
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- [n] speckled birds that feed on nuts
- [n] any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
- [n] a compound lever used to crack nuts open
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| | Synonyms: | | nutcrackers, nuthatch |
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| | See Also: | | Clark's nutcracker, common nutcracker, compound lever, corvine bird, European nuthatch, family Sittidae, genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nucifraga columbiana, oscine, oscine bird, red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Sitta carolinensis, Sitta europaea, Sittidae, white-breasted nuthatch | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Nut"crack`er\, n.
1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European bird ({Nucifraga caryocatactes}), allied to
the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted
with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.
(b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker ({Picicorvus
Columbianus}) of Western North America.
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