AMERICAN CREEPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does American creeper mean? • AMERICAN CREEPER (noun)
The noun AMERICAN CREEPER has 1 sense:
1. a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill
Familiarity information: AMERICAN CREEPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMERICAN CREEPER (noun)
Meaning:
A common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American creeper; brown creeper; Certhia americana
Hypernyms ("American creeper" is a kind of...):
creeper; tree creeper (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)
Holonyms ("American creeper" is a member of...):
Certhia; genus Certhia (type genus of the Certhiidae)
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