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nuthatches

nuthatches is the plural of nuthatch.

Meaning of nuthatch

Noun

nuthatch (plural nuthatches)

  1. Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.
    • Nuthatches have rather a habit of entering houses through open windows, probably out of curiosity; and we owed to this habit a pet nuthatch, which became extremely tame, and used to take flies from our finger.1895, Richard Lydekker, editor, The Royal Natural History, Volume 3, Frederick Warne & Co., page 440

Phrases with nuthatches

Questions about nuthatches

What is nuthatches the plural of?
Nuthatches is the plural of nuthatch.

Words near nuthatches in the dictionary

  1. nuthacker
  2. nuthackers
  3. nuthacks
  4. Nuthall
  5. nuthatch
  6. nuthatches
  7. nuthead
  8. nutheads
  9. nuthin
  10. nuthin'
  11. nuthing

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