noun
- 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.
- synonyms: creeper
- Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
- synonyms: woodhewer, woodcreeper, wood-creeper
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