- tree creeper
- noun1. 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 Certhiidae2. 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: asa.(1) : a common European creeper (Certhia familiaris) that is brown streaked with buff above and silvery below and that has a slender curved billb. : any of various Australian birds of the genus Climacteris2. : woodhewer 1* * *
tree creeper nounAny small northern hemisphere bird of the family Certhildae that runs up tree trunks in search of insects• • •Main Entry: ↑tree* * *
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.