Definition of Brown creeper

1. Noun. A common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill.

Exact synonyms: American Creeper, Certhia Americana
Generic synonyms: Creeper, Tree Creeper
Group relationships: Certhia, Genus Certhia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Creeper

brown bear
brown bears
brown bells
brown bent
brown bill
brown bits
brown bomber
brown bombers
brown bread
brown bullhead
brown cheese
brown cheeses
brown cloud
brown coal
brown creeper (current term)
brown cup
brown dwarf
brown dwarfs
brown dwarves
brown eye
brown eyes
brown fat
brown fat cell
brown goods
brown hairstreak
brown hairstreaks
brown hare
brown hares
brown hickory

Literary usage of Brown creeper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1889)
"brown creeper. Hab. Eastern North America, breeding from northern border of ... The little brown creeper breeds from the northern border of the United ..."

2. Bird Neighbors: An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"The brown creeper's plumage is one of Nature's most successful feats of mimicry—an exact counterfeit in feathers of the brown- gray bark on which the bird ..."

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