nuthatch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
    nutcracker.

WordNet

Nut"hatch` noun
Etymology
OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913