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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


Synonymscreeper


Broader (hypernym)oscine, oscine bird


Narrower (hyponym)American creeper, brown creeper, Certhia americana, Certhia familiaris, European creeper, Tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome, wall creeper


Member meronymCerthiidae, family Certhiidae

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


Synonymswood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer


Broader (hypernym)tyrannid


Member meronymDendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae









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