tree creeper

American

noun

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tree creeper British

noun

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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tree creeper

It chirped at times so that its companions could hear it, and was answered by them, as well as by the nuthatches, a tree creeper, some sparrows, and a winter wren.

From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by James Baldwin

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