torchepot

French

Adjective

torchepot

  1. (rare) a nuthatch, or Sitta.
    • 1880, Les oiseaux: mœurs, chasses, combats, captivité, domesticité, acclimatation, usages et produits‎[1], volume 2, page 33:
      Les torchepots — Sitta. Les torchepots ont un bec fort, entier, cunéiforme, peu ou point comprimé latéralement [...]
      The nuthatches — Sitta. The nuthatches have a strong beak, whole, wedge-shaped, barely compressed laterally [...]

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