| NOUN | animal | tree creeper, 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 |
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| animal | tree creeper, woodhewer, woodcreeper, wood-creeper | any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | creeper | |
| Member of | Certhiidae, family Certhiidae | creepers |
| Narrower | European creeper, Certhia familiaris | Common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill |
| brown creeper, American creeper, Certhia americana | A common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill | |
| wall creeper, tichodrome, Tichodroma muriaria | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa | |
| Broader | oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
| Spanish | agateador | |
| Meaning | 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 | woodhewer, woodcreeper, wood-creeper | |
| Member of | Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae | woodhewers or woodcreepers |
| Broader | tyrannid | A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni |
| Spanish | agateador | |
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