Category:Nuthatch

Nut"hatch`, n. Etym: [oe. nuthake. See 2d hack.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.