nutcracker (n.)

  1. a compound lever used to crack nuts open

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

    [ Syn: nuthatch ]

  3. speckled birds that feed on nuts

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