noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of many neotropical passerine birds of the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae.
2. 2
   any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

tree creeperwood-creeperwoodhewerwoodhewer

Etymology

From wood + creeper.

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