Definition of Sittidae

1. Noun. Nuthatches.

Exact synonyms: Family Sittidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Nutcracker, Nuthatch, Genus Sitta, Sitta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sittidae

Sisyridae
Sisyrinchium
Sita
Sitka
Sitka spruce
Sitka willow
Sitophylus
Sitophylus oryzae
Sitotroga
Sitotroga cerealella
Sitsang
Sitta
Sitta canadensis
Sitta carolinensis
Sitta europaea
Sittidae (current term)
Sitting Bull
Sitwell
Sitwellian
Sitzfleisch
Sium
Sium latifolium
Sium sisarum
Sium suave
Siva
Sivaism
Sivaist
Sivaists
Sivaite
Sivaites

Literary usage of Sittidae

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

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Sittidae.—The Nuthatches, though closely allied to the Paridae, show a certain affinity to the Certhiidae (p. 571) Typically they are stout little birds ..."

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