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| nut·hatch [ nút hàch ] (plural nut·hatch·es) |
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small tree-climbing bird: a small bird with a blue-gray back that climbs on tree trunks and branches, eating insects, seeds, and nuts. Native to: North America, Europe, Asia, Australia. Family Sittidae.
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| [14th century. <nut + hache "hatchet, ax" < Old French (see hatchet), from its habit of hacking at nuts with its beak] |
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