tree creeper


noun
  1. See under creeper (def. 7).

Origin of tree creeper

1
First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use tree creeper in a sentence

  • I have heard Englishmen say there are no tree-creepers in Italy.

    Alone | Norman Douglas
  • The White-eye and Tree-Creepers just noticed may be considered protectively colored, for they are difficult to see in a tree.

    An Australian Bird Book | John Albert Leach

British Dictionary definitions for tree creeper

tree creeper

noun
  1. any small songbird of the family Certhiidae of the N hemisphere, having a brown-and-white plumage and slender downward-curving bill. They creep up trees to feed on insects

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