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Noun tree creeper has 2 senses

creeper, tree creeper - any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees
--₁ is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
--₁ is a member of Certhiidae, family Certhiidae
--₁ has particulars:
brown creeper, American creeper, Certhia americana; European creeper, Certhia familiaris; wall creeper, tichodrome, Tichodroma muriaria
woodhewer, woodcreeper, wood-creeper, tree creeper - any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
--₂ is a kind of tyrannid
--₂ is a member of Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae