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)

1. 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)

  Ancient: σίττη f (síttē)

• Latvian: dzilnītis m
• Lithuanian: bukutis (lt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: tsin yąąh dzootʼihí
• Polish: kowalik (pl) m, bargiel m
• Portuguese: trepadeira (pt) f
• Romanian: scorțar (ro) m, țiclete (ro) m
• Russian: по́ползень (ru) m (pópolzenʹ)
• Rusyn: поповзень m (popovzenʹ)
• Slovene: brglez (sl) m
• Spanish: sita (es) f
• Ukrainian: повзик m (povzyk)

References

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

Anagrams

• unthatch