1) Bird of the crow family 2) Compound lever 3) Edible seed 4) Nutcrackers 5) Perennial holiday show 6) Tchaikovsky ballet figure
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1) Nutcrackers 2) Nuthatch 3) Suite
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- a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
- speckled birds that feed on nuts
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A nutcracker is a mechanical device for cracking nuts. The earliest use of the term nutcracker in English dates from 1481. ==Functional== Manufacturers produce modern nutcrackers—designed to crack nuts—usually somewhat resembling pliers, but with the pivot point at the end beyond the nut, rather than in the middle. The spring-jointed nutcracke...
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[bird] The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of three species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), occurs in Europe and Asia. The next, the large-spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata) occurs in the Himalayas and is sometimes considered a sub...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) An instrument for cracking nuts. • (n.) The American, or Clarke`s, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America. • (n.) An instrument for crack...
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either of two sharp-billed, short-tailed birds belonging to the family Corvidae (q.v.; order Passeriformes), found in coniferous forests. The ...
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Nut'crack`er noun 1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
2. (Zoology) (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 Clark...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: nuht-krak′ĕr Definitions: 1. A term applied to the anatomic constriction to the left renal vein or to the uncinate process of the pancreas as they pass between the aorta and the root of the superior mesenteric artery. See: nutcracker syndrome
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The nutcracker is a Jay-like bird of the genus Nucifraga, in the crow family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. There are two species: one in the Old World and one in the New World. The Old World nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) is found in areas of coniferous forest in Asia and parts of Europe, particularly in mountains. About 30 centimetres long,...
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[
n] - a compound lever used to crack nuts open 2. [n] - speckled birds that feed on nuts
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noun speckled birds that feed on nuts
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Either of two species of bird similar to a jay, belonging to the crow family. One species is found in the Old World and the other in the New World. (Genus
Nucifraga, family Corvidae, order Passeriformes.)
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an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts. · any of several corvine birds of the genus Nucifraga that feed on nuts, as the common nutcracker, N. caryocatactes, of Europe and Clark's nutcracker, N. columbiana, of the western U.S.
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