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nuthacker

nuthacker noun: the nuthatch.

Noun

nuthacker (plural nuthackers)

  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.2013, George Adams, George Martin Adams, Gardening for the Birds: How to Create a Bird-friendly Backyard - Page 346

Forms of nuthacker

pluralnuthackers

Origin of nuthacker

From nut + hacker.

Questions about nuthacker

What does nuthacker mean?
Nuthacker means the nuthatch.
What part of speech is nuthacker?
Nuthacker is a noun.
What is the plural of nuthacker?
The plural of nuthacker is nuthackers.

Words near nuthacker in the dictionary

  1. nutgrafs
  2. nutgrass
  3. nutgrasses
  4. nuth
  5. nuthack
  6. nuthacker
  7. nuthackers
  8. nuthacks
  9. Nuthall
  10. nuthatch
  11. nuthatches

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