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tree creeper

American  

noun

  1. creeper7

tree creeper British  

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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Etymology

Origin of tree creeper

First recorded in 1805–15

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