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wall creeper
noun
- a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.
wall creeper
noun
- a pink-and-grey woodpecker-like songbird, Tichodroma muraria, of Eurasian mountain regions: family Sittidae (nuthatches)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wall creeper1
First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences
On the way back to Burguete, a sedge-warbler and a lovely specimen of the wall-creeper—the only one we saw—were obtained.
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