Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: nutcrackers, nuthatch

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

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