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单词 tree-creeper
释义 ˈtree-ˌcreeper
1. A name for various birds which creep on the trunks and branches of trees; esp. the common European Certhia familiaris, or other species of the family Certhiidæ; also, a bird of the South American family Dendrocolaptidæ. Cf. creeper 3.
1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 184 A tree-creeper, one of our smallest birds.1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. ix. (1818) I. 290 In America, the tree-creeper is furnished with a box at the end of a long pole to entice it to build in gardens, which it is..particularly useful in clearing from noxious insects.1869G. Rooper Flood, Field & F. (1874) 208 The pretty lady-like tree-creeper ran like a mouse up the tree.1871Darwin Desc. Man ii. xvi. 206 An Australian tree-creeper (Climacteris erythrops).
2. A plant that creeps or climbs upon trees (cf. creeper 4); spec. the African rubber-plant, Landolphia florida.
1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 94 The plant that produces it [india-rubber] is the giant tree-creeper (Landolphia florida?), covering the highest trees and growing principally on those near rivers or streams.
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