nutcracker

An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed.

Either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of northern Eurasia or N. columbiana of western North America, that feed chiefly on the seeds of pine cones.

An instrument for cracking hard-shelled nuts.

A toy, usually having a grotesque human head, in the yawning mouth of which a nut is placed to be cracked by a screw or lever.

plural The pillory.

A corvine bird of Europe and Asia, Nucifraga caryocatactes, belonging to the order Passeres, family Corvidæ, and subfamily Garrulinæ. See cut at Nucifraga.

The nuthatch, Sitta cæsia.

An instrument for cracking nuts.

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.