creeper
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | oscine, oscine bird, |
| definition | : | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | american creeper, brown creeper, certhia americana, |
| definition | : | a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | certhia familiaris, european creeper, |
| definition | : | common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome, wall creeper, |
| definition | : | crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | certhiidae, family certhiidae, |
| definition | : | creepers (noun.animal) |
2. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground (noun.person)
3. any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tracheophyte, vascular plant, |
| definition | : | green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (noun.plant) |
4. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground (noun.person)
5. any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | creep, |
| definition | : | grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) (verb.motion) |
6. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground (noun.person)
7. any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | creep, |
| definition | : | grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) (verb.motion) |
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