wood-creeper

Definitions of wood-creeper
  1. noun
    any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
    synonyms: tree creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer
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    type of:
    tyrannid
    a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
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