nutcracker

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N0197400 (nŭt′krăk′ər)n.1. a. An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed.b. A decorative, usually wooden statue or figurine, especially of a soldier or king, that has a hinged lever to open and close the mouth.2. Either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of northern Eurasia or N. columbiana of western North America, that feed chiefly on the seeds of pine cones.

nutcracker

(ˈnʌtˌkrækə) n1. (often plural) a device for cracking the shells of nuts2. (Animals) either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of the Old World or N. columbianus (Clark's nutcracker) of North America, having speckled plumage and feeding on nuts, seeds, etc: family Corvidae (crows)

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n. 1. an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts. 2. either of two corvine birds of the genus Nucifraga that feed on pine nuts, N. caryocatactes, of N Eurasia, and N. columbiana, of W North America. [1540–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nutcracker - a compound lever used to crack nuts opencompound lever - a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
	2.	nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insectsnuthatchoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusfamily Sittidae, Sittidae - nuthatchesEuropean nuthatch, Sitta europaea - a kind of nuthatchred-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis - bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forestsSitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch - bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
	3.	nutcracker - speckled birds that feed on nutscorvine bird - birds of the crow familygenus Nucifraga, Nucifraga - nutcrackerscommon nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes - Old World nutcrackerClark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana - nutcracker of the western United States

Translations

夹碎坚果的钳子胡桃钳

nut

(nat) noun1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut.坚果2. a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together. a nut and bolt. 螺母，螺帽 ˈnutty adjective1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour. 产坚果的，有坚果味的 2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty. （口）发疯的，狂热的 ˈnutcracker noun (usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers. 夹碎坚果的钳子，胡桃钳 ˈnutshell noun the hard covering of a nut. 坚果壳in a nutshell expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell.简单概括

nutcracker

nutcracker,

common name for a small crow of the genus Nucifraga in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) is found throughout the colder regions of Europe, including high mountain forests. Its plumage is chocolate brown, speckled with white. With its strong, conical beak, it feeds omnivorously on a diet of conifer seeds, nuts, small buds, and insects. In a squirrellike fashion, it stores seeds during the summer and fall against the winter's snow, and has a remarkable ability to relocate its cache exactly, even though covered with snow. Clark's nutcracker (N. columbians), pale gray with black and white wings, is found throughout W North America, and is similar in its habits and choice of habitat to N. caryocatactes. It somewhat resembles a stout-billed mockingbird. Like most crows, nutcrackers are intelligent and aggressive birds. They are highly gregarious, and their flocks show a complex social organization. Their young are born blind and helpless. Nutcrackers are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Corvidae.

Nutcracker

(Nucifraga caryocatactes), a bird of the family Corvidae of the order Passeriformes. The body measures approximately 35 cm long. The plumage is dark brown spotted with white. The nutcracker is distributed in the coniferous forests of Europe and Asia. In the USSR it lives in the taiga zone and the forests of Tien-Shan. In winter it makes short migrations. It feeds on seeds, mainly those of the nut pine and fir, on insects, and occasionally on rodents. During years of poor conifer seed yield, the nutcracker makes massive migrations. The bird nests in trees in dense forests. The female lays three to four, rarely five, speckled eggs, which hatch in 20 days. The nutcracker, in eating numerous seeds from the nut pine, promotes the nut pine’s spread as well as growth over burned and felled areas, since it stores the seeds in the ground.

REFERENCE

Ptitsy Sovetskogo Soiuza, vol. 5. Edited by G. P. Dement’ev and N. A. Gladkov. Moscow, 1954.

nutcracker

either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of the Old World or N. columbianus (Clark's nutcracker) of North America, having speckled plumage and feeding on nuts, seeds, etc.: family Corvidae (crows)

NutCRACKER

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noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open

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noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

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noun speckled birds that feed on nuts

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