About The Word Nutcracker
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Nutcracker
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What's The Definition Of Nutcracker?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Nutcracker: nutcrackers | nuthatch Related Terms | Find terms related to Nutcracker: 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 Nutcracker In Webster's Dictionary \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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