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Webster 1913 Edition
Nutcracker
Nut′crackˊer
,Noun.
1.
An instrument for cracking nuts.
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.