nucifraga caryocatactes

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nucifraga caryocatactes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nutcracker \Nut"crack`er\, n.
     1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)
        (a) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to
            the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted
            with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.
        (b) The American, or Clarke's, nutcracker (Picicorvus  Columbianus
            ) of Western North America.
            [1913 Webster]

nucifraga caryocatactes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nucifraga caryocatactes
      n 1: Old World nutcracker [syn: common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
           ]