tree creeper
noun
See under creeper (def. 7).
Origin of tree creeper
1First 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 DouglasThe 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
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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