brown creeper
Americannoun
noun
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A sharp-eyed birder spied a brown creeper, a tiny bird that inches along tree trunks, eating bugs.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011
The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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“You have just heard the sound of a brown creeper and a common yellowthroat!” he told us.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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The spines in the quills in the tails of woodpeckers, and in the brown creeper, are other cases in point.
From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John
A single glance upward revealed that this was another of the silent migrants,—a brown creeper!
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
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