Wall creeper Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
tichodrome; Tichodroma muriaria.
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(Zoöl.) , a small bright-colored bird (Tichodroma muraria ) native of Asia and Southern Europe. It climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of insects and spiders. Its body is ash-gray above, the wing coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red at the base and black distally, some of them with white spots, and the tail is blackish. Called alsospider catcher .