nuthatch

英 ['nʌthætʃ] 美['nʌthætʃ]
  • n. 五子雀

英英释义


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

英文词源


nuthatch (n.)
mid-14c., probably so called from its habit of breaking open and eating nuts; from nut + second element related to hack (v.) and hatchet.