'white-breasted nuthatch' definitions:
Definition of 'white-breasted nuthatch'
(from WordNet)
noun
Bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America [syn: white-breasted nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis]
Definition of 'white-breasted nuthatch'
From: GCIDE
- Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The {white-breasted nuthatch} (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), and others, are American. [1913 Webster]