What does nuthatch mean in crosswords?

nuthatch means: any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

Which crossword clues can have nuthatch as the answer?

Possible clues for nuthatch include "Bark-clinging songbird", "Tree-climbing songbird".

Word entry · 8 letters

Best crossword clue

"Bark-clinging songbird"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈnʌtˌhæt͡ʃ/Part of speech nounSorted achhnttuStarts with NEnds with H2 clues

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any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

From Middle English nutthache, notehache, nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hatch (akin to hack). Compare English nutcracker.

“Nuthatches have rather a habit of entering houses through open windows, probably out of curiosity; and we owed to this habit a pet nuthatch, which became extremely tame, and used to take flies from our finger.”
“The bird was in very faded plumage with only a slight rusty wash to the underparts, and had I not heard the call, I might have mistaken it for a Pygmy Nuthatch.”
“Considered a resident bird, the red-breasted nuthatch usually winters in the coniferous forests within its breeding range.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

01“Bark-clinging songbird”8 letters

02“Tree-climbing songbird”8 letters

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