| NOUN | animal | Certhiidae, family Certhiidae | creepers |
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| Meaning | creepers. | |
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| Synonym | family Certhiidae | |
| Member of | Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds |
| Members | Certhia, genus Certhia | type genus of the Certhiidae |
| Tichodroma, genus Tichodroma | wall creepers | |
| creeper, tree creeper | 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 | |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
| Spanish | Certhiidae, familia Certhiidae | |
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