The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europaea). The white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), and others, are American. [1913 Webster]