noun
1. any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
• Syn: ↑creeper
• Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird
• Hyponyms:
↑brown creeper, ↑American creeper, ↑Certhia americana, ↑European creeper, ↑Certhia familiaris, ↑wall creeper, ↑tichodrome, ↑Tichodroma muriaria
• Member Holonyms: ↑Certhiidae, ↑family Certhiidae
2. any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
• Syn: ↑woodhewer, ↑woodcreeper, ↑wood-creeper
• Hypernyms: ↑tyrannid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dendrocolaptidae, ↑family Dendrocolaptidae
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noun1. : a creeper of the family Certhiidae: as
a.
(1) : a common European creeper (Certhia familiaris) that is brown streaked with buff above and silvery below and that has a slender curved bill
b. : any of various Australian birds of the genus Climacteris
2. : woodhewer 1
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tree creeper noun
Any small northern hemisphere bird of the family Certhildae that runs up tree trunks in search of insects
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Main Entry: ↑tree
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tree creeper,
any one of various small birds that creep up and down the branches of trees and bushes looking for food, as the brown creeper.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.