Definition of Nucifraga columbiana

1. Noun. Nutcracker of the western United States.

Exact synonyms: Clark's Nutcracker
Generic synonyms: Nutcracker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucifraga Columbiana

Nps
Nrk protein kinase
Ntenguru
Ntigram
Ntuzu
NuLab
NuSTAR
Nubia
Nubian
Nubian Desert
Nubian lion
Nubian lions
Nuc
Nucifraga
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Nucifraga columbiana (current term)
Nuck's hydrocele
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear actin binding protein
Nucleophaga
Nucleopore filter
Nuda
Nudibranchia
Nueir
Nuel's space
Nuer
Nuers
Nueva Segovia
Nuevo León

Literary usage of Nucifraga columbiana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"This consummate publication contained 435 plates of 1065 separate subjects, and, since one of them was of Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1877)
"Cashmere, 12000 feet, Dr. Jerdon [PI Purchased. J. Gould, Esq. (Type of Purchased. Oct. 1875. species.) 4. Nucifraga columbiana. ... Nucifraga columbiana ..."

3. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Nucifraga columbiana (Wits.). NUTCRACKER. Bill cylindrical, nostrils concealed by a tuft of feathers ; wings long and From ..."

4. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"Clarke's Nutcracker: Nucifraga columbiana. FAMILY—CROWS. IN Northwestern America breeding from Alaska, and southwestern South Dakota (Black Hills), ..."

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