"nuthatch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nuthatches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English nutthache, notehache, nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hatch. Compare English nutcracker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nutthache}} Middle English nutthache, {{m|enm|notehache}} notehache, {{m|enm|nuthake}} nuthake, {{m|enm|nuttehake}} nuttehake, {{m|enm|nothak}} nothak, {{af|en|nut|hatch}} nut + hatch, {{noncog|en|nutcracker}} English nutcracker Head templates: {{en-noun}} nuthatch (plural nuthatches)
  1. Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first. Categories (lifeform): Certhioid birds Synonyms: nuthack, nothag, nothagge [obsolete] Synonyms (bird in Sittidae): nuthacker, nutjobber, nutpecker Derived forms: Eurasian nuthatch (taxonomic: Sitta europaea), white-breasted nuthatch, wood nuthatch (taxonomic: Sitta europaea), For more Translations (passerine bird from the family Sittidae): zvarritës [masculine] (Albanian), σίττη (síttē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), горска зидарка (gorska zidarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), поповзень (popovzenʹ) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), pica-soques [masculine] (Catalan), brhlík [masculine] (Czech), nakkeli (Finnish), sittelle [feminine] (French), Kleiber [masculine] (German), δεντροτσοπανάκος (dentrotsopanákos) [masculine] (Greek), picchio muratore [masculine] (Italian), dzilnītis [masculine] (Latvian), bukutis [masculine] (Lithuanian), tsin yąąh dzootʼihí (Navajo), kowalik [masculine] (Polish), bargiel [masculine] (Polish), trepadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), scorțar [masculine] (Romanian), țiclete [masculine] (Romanian), по́ползень (pópolzenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), brglez [masculine] (Slovene), sita [feminine] (Spanish), повзик (povzyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), delor y cnau [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povzyk",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "повзик"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delor y cnau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuthatch"
}

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