wall creeper

American  

noun

1. a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.

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wall creeper British  

noun

1. a pink-and-grey woodpecker-like songbird, Tichodroma muraria, of Eurasian mountain regions: family Sittidae (nuthatches)

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Etymology

Origin of wall creeper

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

There he continues to produce work that sounds less like a grand seigneur than a great copywriter: "How would you like to watch a Wall Creeper running up and down the apricot walls?" he writes.

From Time Magazine Archive