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/ˈnʌtˌhæt͡ʃ/ · noun
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.
The bird was in very faded plumage with only a slight rusty wash to the underparts, and had I not heard the call, I might have mistaken it for a Pygmy Nuthatch.
Considered a resident bird, the red-breasted nuthatch usually winters in the coniferous forests within its breeding range.
Use nuthatch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nuthatch means 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..
Common synonyms include nuthacker, nutjobber, nutpecker, nutcracker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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