Meaning

2 senses
  1. A North American species of treecreeper, Certhia americana, known for walking up tree trunks looking for insects in the bark.

  2. A passerine bird found only in New Zealand, the pipipi, Mohoua novaeseelandiae.

More definitions
  • a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill

Forms

plural: brown creepers
Singularbrown creeper
Pluralbrown creepers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
pipipiNew Zealand creeperNew Zealand titmouse
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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