Nut·hatch n. Zool. Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), and others, are American.
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red-breasted nuthatch
n : bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern
coniferous forests [syn: Sitta canadensis]