English noun: nutcracker |
1. | nutcracker (artifact) a compound lever used to crack nuts open |
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| Broader (hypernym) | compound lever |
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2. | nutcracker (animal) any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects |
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| Synonyms | nuthatch |
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| Broader (hypernym) | oscine, oscine bird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | European nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Sitta carolinensis, Sitta europaea, white-breasted nuthatch |
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| Member meronym | family Sittidae, Sittidae |
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3. | nutcracker (animal) speckled birds that feed on nuts |
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| Broader (hypernym) | corvine bird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Clark's nutcracker, common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nucifraga columbiana |
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| Member meronym | genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga |
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