noun
crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
• Syn: ↑tichodrome, ↑Tichodroma muriaria
• Hypernyms: ↑creeper, ↑tree creeper
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tichodroma, ↑genus Tichodroma
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noun : a small bird (Tichodroma muraria) of the family Certhiidae that is mostly gray, black, and white with a crimson wing patch, inhabits cliffs in the mountains of southern Asia, Europe, and northern Africa, and frequents the walls of towns during migration
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a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.
[1660-70]
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wall creeper,
a small Old-World bird related to the nuthatch, that has bright plumage and that frequents rocky walls and slopes of alpine regions hunting for insects.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.