sittidae

English Thesaurus

1. nuthatches (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	nutcracker, nuthatch,
definition	:	any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus sitta, sitta,
definition	:	type genus of the Sittidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres,
definition	:	two names for the suborder of typical songbirds (noun.animal)