brown creeper


noun
  1. See under creeper (def. 7).

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How to use brown creeper in a sentence

  • Still the brown creeper seems to be constantly in activity, and hunts most diligently for the insects it feeds upon.

  • This Warbler is thinner, with a slender bill that curves a little down, like the brown creeper's.

    Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
  • As my eyes grew accustomed to the dim light, I saw that my old friend, the brown creeper, was the musician.

    Citizen Bird | Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
  • Our winter birds go in flocks, and where we see a brown creeper we are almost sure to find other birds.

    The Log of the Sun | William Beebe
  • Like our common brown creeper, he loves the dense woods, but unlike him seems to prefer the tops and higher branches.

British Dictionary definitions for brown creeper

brown creeper

noun
  1. a small bush bird, Finschia novaeseelandiae, of South Island, New Zealand: Also called: bush canary

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