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Sitta

noun

type genus of the Sittidae

• Syn: ↑genus Sitta

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sittidae, ↑family Sittidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑European nuthatch, ↑Sitta europaea, ↑red-breasted nuthatch, ↑Sitta canadensis, ↑white-breasted nuthatch, ↑Sitta carolinensis

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\\ˈsid.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sittē nuthatch

: the type genus of Sittidae comprising various typical nuthatches

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Sitta /sitˈə/

noun

The nuthatch genus

ORIGIN: Gr sittē nuthatch

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sittˈine adjective

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