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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[NL.

sitta

the nuthatch, from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]

(Zool.)

Of or pertaining to the family

Sittidae

, or nuthatches.

sittine ‎(not comparable)

(zoology, dated) Of or relating to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
(Can we find and add a quotation of H. G. Adams to this entry?)
- 1846, William MacGillivray, British Ornithology (page 216)
  SITTINE BIRDS, OR NUTHATCHES. Birds of small size, having the body short and compact, […]