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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.

Definition 2024

nutcracker

nutcracker

See also: Nutcracker

English

Nutcracker

Clark's Nutcracker, a species of genus Nucifraga

Noun

nutcracker ‎(plural nutcrackers)

An implement for cracking nuts.
Either of two birds of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.

Derived terms

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

Translations

implement for cracking nuts

Afrikaans: notenkraker
Albanian: arrëthyese (sq)
Azeri: fındıqqıran
Basque: intxaurkraskagailu
Belarusian: шчаўкунчык n ‎(ščaŭkunčyk)
Bengali: পক্ষীবিশেষ ‎(pakṣībiśēṣa)
Bulgarian: орешарка (bg) f ‎(orešarka)
Catalan: trencanous m
Czech: louskáček (cs) m
Danish: nøddeknækker n
Dutch: notenkraker (nl) m
Finnish: pähkinänsärkijä
French: casse-noix (fr) m, casse-noisettes (fr) m
Georgian: მაკნატუნა ‎(maḳnaṭuna)
German: Nussknacker (de) m
Greek: καρυοθραύστης (el) m ‎(karyothráfstis)
Hindi: सरौता (hi) ‎(marotaa)
Hungarian: diótörő (hu)
Icelandic: hnetubrjótur (is) m
Ido: nucoruptilo (io)
Indonesian: alat pemecah buah keras
Italian: schiaccianoci (it) m

Norman: craque-nouaix m
Korean: 호두까기 ‎(hodukkagi)
Macedonian: оревокршачка f ‎(orevok'ršačka)
Malay: pemecah buah keras
Mandarin: 瘪嘴食管 ‎(biě zuǐ shí guǎn), 胡桃夹子 ‎(hútáo jiázi), 胡桃钳 ‎(hútáo qián)
Norwegian: nøtteknekker
Persian: فندق‌شکن
Polish: dziadek do orzechów (pl) m
Portuguese: quebra-nozes
Romanian: spărgător de nuci m
Russian: щипцы́ для оре́хов m pl ‎(ščipcý dlja oréxov)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: krcaljka (sh), krckalica (sh), krcalica
Slovak: luskáčik m
Spanish: cascanueces (es) m
Tagalog: pandurog ng nuwes
Tatar: çikləwek watuçı
Telugu: అడకత్తెర (te) ‎(aḍakattera)
Turkish: fındıkkıran (tr)
Ukrainian: лускунчик ‎(luskunčyk)
Uzbek: yong'oq chaqadigan
Vietnamese: cái kẹp để kẹp trái de

bird of the genus Nucifraga

Catalan: trencanous m
Finnish: pähkinähakki (fi)
Korean: 잣까마귀 ‎(jatkkamagwi)

Navajo: bitsiichįįshgahí
Romanian: alunar (ro) m

See also

nutpick