tree creeper

American  

noun

1. creeper7

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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

Example Sentences

Hodgson's Tree-Creeper is the supposed C. familiaris obtained by Dr. Jerdon in Cashmir, of which he gave me two specimens.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

Still, the brown patch on the wing of the Tree-Creeper is conspicuous as it flies.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Tree-Creeper, 247, 407, 458 Trout, 171, 173 et. seq.,

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.