tree creeper

noun

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tree creeper

noun

1. any small songbird of the family Certhiidae of the N hemisphere, having a brown-and-white plumage and slender downward-curving bill. They creep up trees to feed on insects

Word History and Origins

Origin of tree creeper¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

It chirped at times so that its companions could hear it, and was answered by them, as well as by the nuthatches, a tree creeper, some sparrows, and a winter wren.

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