English noun: tree creeper |
1. | tree 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 | 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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2. | tree creeper (animal) any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
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| Synonyms | wood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tyrannid |
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| Member meronym | Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae |
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