wall creeper
noun
a small, gray and crimson Old World bird, Tichodroma muraria, that inhabits cliffs in mountainous areas.
Origin of wall creeper
First recorded in 1660–70
Words nearby wall creeper
walküre, die,
wall,
wall bars,
wall box,
wall brown,
wall creeper,
wall fern,
wall fruit,
wall game,
wall hanging,
wall knot
Example sentences from the Web for wall creeper
On the way back to Burguete, a sedge-warbler and a lovely specimen of the wall-creeper—the only one we saw—were obtained.
Wild Spain (Espaa agreste) |Abel Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for wall creeper
wall creeper
noun
a pink-and-grey woodpecker-like songbird, Tichodroma muraria, of Eurasian mountain regions: family Sittidae (nuthatches)