Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling or related to a nuthatch; of or pertaining to the Sittinæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family
Sittidæ , or nuthatches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology, dated Of or relating to the
family Sittidae , ornuthatches .
Etymologies
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New Latin sitta the nuthatch (from Ancient Greek σίττη (sittē, "nuthatch")) + -ine.
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1868-1895 OW OW garruline jay, magpie sittine nuthatch 1829
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