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CREEPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; tree creeper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("creeper" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creeper"):
American creeper; brown creeper; Certhia americana (a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill)
Certhia familiaris; European creeper (common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill)
Tichodroma muriaria; tichodrome; wall creeper (crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa)
Holonyms ("creeper" is a member of...):
Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who crawls or creeps along the ground
Synonyms:
crawler; creeper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("creeper" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
creep (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground)
creep (to go stealthily or furtively)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("creeper" is a kind of...):
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
Derivation:
creep (grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface))
