"nuthatch" meaning in English

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Noun

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, {{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 (taxonomic: Sitta carolinensis), 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 cnau [masculine] (Welsh)

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    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "word": "tsin yąąh dzootʼihí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kowalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bargiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trepadeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scorțar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "țiclete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pópolzenʹ",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́ползень"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brglez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "passerine bird from the family Sittidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sita"
    },
    {
      "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 cnau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nuthatch"
}

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