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Definition of Sitta
1. Noun. Type genus of the Sittidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Sittidae, Sittidae
Member holonyms: European Nuthatch, Sitta Europaea, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta Canadensis, Sitta Carolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitta
Literary usage of Sitta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"Of the former, both of which are black-headed, Sitta krueperi is an inhabitant
of Asia Minor, and Sitta whiteheadi of the high pine-forests of Corsica. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"For the present purpose of fixing more definitely the type region of Sitta
carolinensis, we here designate the mouth of the Savannah River in South Carolina ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"Sitta had red eyes that morning. " What is the matter, ... Sitta always watches
the moon." " It is this Missee Baba, I have lost my batuk. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"He gives food to the needy; he helps where he can. Sitta ... The man himself says
so; I have heard it with my own ears. 'Sitta ..."
5. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Breeds in Transition Zone of the Cape Region of Lower California. Sitta canadensis
LINNAEUS. Red-breasted Nuthatch. [728.] Sitta canadensis LINNAEUS, Syst. ..."
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