nuthatch
pronunciation
How to pronounce nuthatch in British English:
UK ['nʌthætʃ]
How to pronounce nuthatch in American English:
US ['nʌthætʃ]
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- Noun:
- any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
Word Origin
- nuthatch (n.)
- mid-14c., probably so called from its habit of breaking open and eating nuts; from nut + second element related to hack (v.) and hatchet.
Example
- 1. Bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast ; of northern coniferous forests .