Read full poem →Where hissing snakes run to the flood below.
The nuthatch noises loud in wood and wild,
Like women turning skreeking to a child.
Dictionary Entry
Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae found throughout the Northern hemisphere that have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first.
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Common Phrases
. nuthatchsitta nuthatchbrown nuthatchnuthatch breastednuthatch headednuthatch pygmynuthatch belliednuthatch billed
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Poetry examples for “nuthatch”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.