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SITTA CAROLINENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sitta carolinensis mean?
• SITTA CAROLINENSIS (noun)
The noun SITTA CAROLINENSIS has 1 sense:
1. bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
Familiarity information: SITTA CAROLINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Sitta carolinensis; white-breasted nuthatch
Hypernyms ("Sitta carolinensis" is a kind of...):
nutcracker; nuthatch (any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects)
Holonyms ("Sitta carolinensis" is a member of...):
genus Sitta; Sitta (type genus of the Sittidae)
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