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Meanings of tree creeper in English

Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.

Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.

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Examples for "creeper"
Examples for "creeper"
1
Virginia creeper festooned the hanging lamp; Virginia creeper crept over the cloth.
The Dangerous Age: Letters and Fragments from a Woman's Diary
2
The creeper distinctly lent enchantment to the view: the coachman did not.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891
3
The rain dripped again steadily, splashing the creeper that framed the casement.
The Shadow of the East
4
Across the lawn a Virginia creeper draped the house with vivid tints.
Ranching for Sylvia
5
The Mayflower is a lovely wax-like ground creeper with an exquisite perfume.
Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books
Usage of tree creeper in English
1
My attention was drawn upward by a tree creeper spiralling an oak trunk through dark branches, up to where the wind shunted clouds about.
The Guardian
2
When she awoke at daybreak to the tittering of tree creepers, Dimitri, both horses, and the rings on her fingers were gone.
Hemlock Grove