nuthatch

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nut=hatch

CIDE DICTIONARY

nuthatch, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.].

 Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmæa), and others, are American.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nuthatch, n. any small bird of the family Sittidae, climbing up and down tree-trunks and feeding on nuts, insects, etc.

Etymology

NUT + hatch rel. to HATCH(2)