BROWN CREEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown creeper mean? 

• BROWN CREEPER (noun)
  The noun BROWN CREEPER has 1 sense:

1. a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill

  Familiarity information: BROWN CREEPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWN CREEPER (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("brown 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 ("brown creeper" is a member of...):

Certhia; genus Certhia (type genus of the Certhiidae)