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Definition of European creeper
1. Noun. Common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill.
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Creeper
Literary usage of European creeper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"They closely resemble the European creeper in their habits, running upon the
trunks and branches of trees in search of insects, which they find in the ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... or brown and white creeper, according to Edwards, is not above half the fize
of our European creeper. The upper part of the body is brown, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(The European creeper.) A small bird with whitish plumage, spotted with brown
above; rump and tail tinged with red. It builds in the hollows of trees, ..."
4. American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Robert Jameson, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington (1831)
"THIS bird agrees so nearly with the common European creeper, (certhia familiaris,)
that I have little doubt of their being one and the same species. ..."
5. Elements of Ornithology: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards, Achille Comté (1845)
"The European creeper,—Certhia familiaris,— is a small bird which is met with in
different parts of Europe, as far north as Siberia ; it is constantly ..."
6. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"C. pusilla, or the brown and white creeper, according to Edwards, is not above
half the size of our European creeper. The upper part of the body is brown, ..."
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