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Origin of tree creeper

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby tree creeper

tre corde, tredecillion, tree, tree-and-branch, tree aster, tree creeper, tree cricket, treed, tree diagram, tree ear, tree farm

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How to use tree creeper in a sentence

The missel-thrush, nuthatch, and tree-creeper breed here, and the jay is common and tame; I have seen as many as six together.
Birds in London|W. H. Hudson
Another home-staying bird of the hedgerows, or rather of the hedgerow timber, is the tree-creeper.
The Naturalist on the Thames|C. J. Cornish
Only once have I seen that other cosmopolitan, the tree-creeper, in the garden.
In a Cheshire Garden|Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton
Still, the brown patch on the wing of the Tree-Creeper is conspicuous as it flies.
An Australian Bird Book|John Albert Leach

The only member of this family common about our hill stations is the Himalayan tree-creeper (Certhia himalayana).
Birds of the Indian Hills|Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for tree creeper

tree creeper

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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