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nuthatch

nut·hatch

UK/ˈnʌtˌhæt͡ʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects

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From Middle English nutthache, notehache, nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hatch (akin to hack). Compare English nutcracker. Compare typologically Polish kowalik (akin to kować).

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