Noun: nutcracker 'nút,kra-ku(r)
- A compound lever used to crack nuts open
"She reached for the nutcracker to open the stubborn walnut"
- Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
"The nutcracker climbed headfirst down the tree trunk, searching for insects";
- nuthatch
- Speckled birds that feed on nuts
"We watched a nutcracker skilfully crack open pine cones to extract the seeds"
Derived forms: nutcrackers
Type of: compound lever, corvine bird, oscine, oscine bird
Part of: family Sittidae, genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga, Sittidae
Encyclopedia: Nutcracker