English noun: creeper |
1. | creeper (plant) any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tracheophyte, vascular plant |
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2. | creeper (person) a person who crawls or creeps along the ground |
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| Synonyms | crawler |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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3. | creeper (animal) 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 |
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| Synonyms | tree creeper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | oscine, oscine bird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American creeper, brown creeper, Certhia americana, Certhia familiaris, European creeper, Tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome, wall creeper |
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| Member meronym | Certhiidae, family Certhiidae |
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