a pink-and-grey woodpecker-like songbird, Tichodroma muraria, of Eurasian mountain regions: family Sittidae (nuthatches)
wall creeper in American English
noun
a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas
Word origin
[1660–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1660–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspirate, ballet, cantilever, indicator, saturated