Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Linnean genus of birds, the nuthatches, typical of the family Sittidæ.

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  • noun type genus of the Sittidae

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Examples

  • The bird called sitta is quarrelsome, but clever and tidy, makes its living with ease, and for its knowingness is regarded as uncanny; it has a numerous brood, of which it is fond, and lives by pecking the bark of trees.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • THIS is orbitlamousely whut happens wren yoo go tew Florida and leave yer kittehs with a cat-sitta fur a phew daze

    Cat burglar - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • It is really a dang shame that yoo cannot have mii as your sitta they call me a whispa-ruh – no rly srsly iz troo! gremlin says:

    teh wind did ut - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Consider the reflexes of *-dθ- in Proto-Semitic 'six' in its daughter languages, often simplifying to either *-dd- (progressive assimilation) exemplified by Arabic sitta, or to *-θθ- (regressive assimilation) as happened in Ugaritic *θiθθu (represented in its alphabetic cuneiform as ṯṯ, without vowels as was their custom of spelling).

    To be or not to have. That is the question. 2008

  • So much so, that when we passed the family group in memory of Mazzini, and Alessandro explained dramatically that "the daughter he sitta down and cryo because his father is a-dead," poppa said, "Is that so?" without the faintest show of excitement, and momma declined even to look round.

    A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • Cinclodes, the wagtail; Geobates a Saxicola; Limnornis lives in reed beds growing in the water; Henicornis in reed beds growing out of the water; and many other ground species exist concealed in the grass on dry plains; Homorus seeks its food by digging in the loose soil and dead leaves about the roots of trees; while Geo-sitta, Furnarius, and

    The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

  • Det är så skönt, när du stäven vänder från fjärran segling mot hemmets stränder, där röken stiger från egen härd och minnet vaktar sin barndomsvärld och friska källan din lekplats lögar, 15 men fädren sitta i gröna högar och, full av längtan, den trogna mön står på sin klippa och ser åt sjön.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • När månen strör kring bergen sitt bleka sken 38 och midnattsdaggen faller på bautasten, då sitta vi, o Torsten, på högar runda och spraka över vattnet om ting, som stunda.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Så skall jag sitta i min jungfrubur, en svartklädd änka efter livets glädje, och sömma brutna liljor uti duken, tills en gång våren vävt sin duk och sömmar 420 den full med bättre liljor på min grav.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • När då de andra kämpar rida 14 ur silverportarna till krig, jag skulle sitta vid din sida, en trogen vän, och se på dig.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

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