nuthatch

English

A wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Alternative forms

nuthack
nothag, nothagge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut +‎ hatch. Compare English nutcracker.

Noun

nuthatch (plural nuthatches)

Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae found throughout the Northern hemisphere that have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first.

Synonyms

(bird in Sittidae): nuthacker, nutjobber, nutpecker

Derived terms

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
wood nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Translations

passerine bird from the family Sittidae

Catalan: pica-soques m
Czech: brhlík m
Finnish: nakkeli (fi)
French: sittelle (fr) f
German: Kleiber (de) m
Greek: δεντροτσοπανάκος m (dentrotsopanákos)
Latvian: dzilnītis m
Lithuanian: bukutis (lt) m

Navajo: tsin yąąh dzootʼihí
Portuguese: trepadeira (pt) f
Romanian: scorțar (ro) m, țiclete (ro) m
Russian: по́ползень (ru) m (pópolzenʹ)
Rusyn: поповзень m (popovzenʹ)
Spanish: sita (es) f
Ukrainian: повзик m (povzyk)

References

nuthatch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
{[specieslite|Sittidae}}
Sittidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

unthatch

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