sitta europaea

2 definitions found

sitta europaea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

sitta europaea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sitta europaea
      n 1: a kind of nuthatch [syn: European nuthatch, Sitta europaea
           ]