Definition of Nutcracker

1. Noun. A compound lever used to crack nuts open.

Generic synonyms: Compound Lever

2. Noun. Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects.
Exact synonyms: Nuthatch
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Family Sittidae, Sittidae
Specialized synonyms: European Nuthatch, Sitta Europaea, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta Canadensis, Sitta Carolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch

3. Noun. Speckled birds that feed on nuts.
Generic synonyms: Corvine Bird
Group relationships: Genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga
Specialized synonyms: Common Nutcracker, Nucifraga Caryocatactes, Clark's Nutcracker, Nucifraga Columbiana

Definition of Nutcracker

1. n. An instrument for cracking nuts.

Definition of Nutcracker

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Medical Definition of Nutcracker

1. 1. An instrument for cracking nuts. 2. A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its colour is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects. The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus Columbianus) of Western North America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutcracker

nutarian
nutarians
nutate
nutated
nutates
nutating
nutation
nutation
nutational
nutations
nutbreaker
nutbrown
nutcase
nutcases
nutcracker (current term)
nutcracker (current term)
nutcrackers
nutgall
nutgall
nutgalls
nutgrass
nutgrasses
nuthatch
nuthatch
nuthatches
nuthook
nuthouse
nuthouses
nutjobber
nutlet

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