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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
Generic synonyms: Creeper, Tree Creeper
Group relationships: Certhia, Genus Certhia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brown Creeper
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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