nuthacker

English

Etymology

From nut +‎ hacker.

Noun

nuthacker (plural nuthackers)

1. (zoology) The nuthatch.
   • 2013, George Adams, George Martin Adams, Gardening for the Birds: How to Create a Bird-friendly Backyard - Page 346:

     The common names nuthatch and nuthacker refer to the way the bird takes a nut in its claws and hacks at it with its bill or wedges it in the bark of a tree and hacks it with hard strokes to break it open.

Related terms

• nuthack
• nuthatch