wall creeper

wall creeper

n (Animals) a pink-and-grey woodpecker-like songbird, Tichodroma muraria, of Eurasian mountain regions: family Sittidae (nuthatches)

wall′ creep`er

n. a gray and crimson Eurasian bird, Tichodroma muraria, of the nuthatch family, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.

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wall creeper - crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern AfricaTichodroma muriaria, tichodrometree creeper, creeper - any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feetgenus Tichodroma, Tichodroma - wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae