NUTHATCH

nuthatch. Nuthatch, n. a bird of the pye kind

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Nut″hatch′ (?), n. [[OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.]] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmæa), and others, are American.