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nutcracker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nutcracker \Nut"crack`er\, n. 1. An instrument for cracking nuts. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a A European bird ({Nucifraga caryocatactes}), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. b The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker ({Picicorvus Columbianus}) of Western North America. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nutcracker n 1: a compound lever used to crack nuts open [syn: {nutcrackers}] 2: any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects [syn: {nuthatch}] 3: speckled birds that feed on nuts
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