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| sit·tel·la [ si téllə ] (plural sit·tel·las) or si·tel·la [ si téllə ] (plural si·tel·las) |
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small tree-climbing bird: a small gregarious songbird, similar to a nuthatch in its build, short tail, and habit of hopping up and down trees. Native to: New Guinea, Australasia. Family Neosittidae.
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Sittella, literally "little nuthatch" < Greek sittē "nuthatch"] |
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