Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tree_creeper

2 senses of tree creeper

Sense 1
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)
       => oscine, oscine bird -- (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Sense 2
woodhewer, woodcreeper, wood-creeper, tree creeper -- (any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers)
       => tyrannid -- (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)

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