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Webster 1913 Edition
Nuthatch
Nut′hatchˊ
,Noun.
[OE.
nuthake
. See 2d Hack
.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of birds of the genus
Sitta
, as the European species (Sitta Europaea
). The white-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta Carolinensis
), the red-breasted nuthatch
(Sitta Canadensis
), the pygmy nuthatch
(Sitta pygmaea
), and others, are American.