tree creeper

noun

1

: a creeper of the family Certhiidae: such as

a(1)

: a common European creeper (Certhia familiaris) that is brown streaked with buff above and silvery below and that has a slender curved bill

(2)

: the North American brown creeper

b

: any of various Australian birds of the genus Climacteris

2

: woodhewer sense 1

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