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nutcracker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nutcracker has 3 senses
- nutcracker(n = noun.artifact) Array - a compound lever used to crack nuts open; Array is a kind of compound lever
- nutcracker(n = noun.animal) nuthatch - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
- nutcracker(n = noun.animal) Array - speckled birds that feed on nuts; Array is a kind of corvine bird
is a member of family sittidae, sittidae
has particulars: european nuthatch, sitta europaea, red-breasted nuthatch, sitta canadensis, sitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch
is a member of genus nucifraga, nucifraga
has particulars: common nutcracker, nucifraga caryocatactes, clark's nutcracker, nucifraga columbiana
CIDE DICTIONARY
nutcracker, n.
- An instrument for cracking nuts. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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