NOUN | artifact | nutcracker | a compound lever used to crack nuts open |
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animal | nutcracker, nuthatch | any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects | |
animal | nutcracker | speckled birds that feed on nuts |
Sounds | nah'tkrae.ker | |
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Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... |
Meaning | A compound lever used to crack nuts open. | |
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Broader | compound lever | A pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
Spanish | cascanueces, rompenueces | |
Catalan | trencanous |
Meaning | Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects. | |
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Synonym | nuthatch | |
Member of | Sittidae, family Sittidae | nuthatches |
Narrower | European nuthatch, Sitta europaea | A kind of nuthatch |
red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis | Bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast | |
white-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis | Bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast | |
Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
Spanish | sita, trepador azul, trepador | |
Catalan | grimpador, pica-soques |
Meaning | speckled birds that feed on nuts. | |
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Member of | Nucifraga, genus Nucifraga | nutcrackers |
Narrower | Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana | nutcracker / nutcracker of the western United States |
common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes | Old World nutcracker / nutcracker | |
Broader | corvine bird | birds of the crow family |
Spanish | cascanueces | |
Catalan | trencanous |
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