Nuthacker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The nuthatch.

    "The common names nuthatch and nuthacker refer to the way the bird takes a nut in its claws and hacks at it with its bill or wedges it in the bark of a tree and hacks it with hard strokes to break it open."

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nuthatchnuthatch

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"The common names nuthatch and nuthacker refer to the way the bird takes a nut in its claws and hacks at it with its bill or wedges it in the bark of a tree and hacks it with hard strokes to break it open."

Etymology

From nut + hacker.

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