tree creeper

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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noun

1. : 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

(2) : the No. American brown creeper

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.