Tree creeper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    creeper.
  2. noun any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
    woodhewer; wood-creeper; woodcreeper.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to Certhia, Climacteris, and allied genera. See Creeper, 3.

Webster 1913