资料来源 : pyDict
胡桃钳,星鸟类
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nutcracker \Nut"crack`er\, n.
1. An instrument for cracking nuts.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
nutcracker
n 1: a compound lever used to crack nuts open [syn: {nutcrackers}]
2: any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that
creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects [syn: {nuthatch}]
3: speckled birds that feed on nuts