About The Word Creeper

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Creeper

Creeper Meaning & Definition
Creeper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Creeper?

[n] any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees
[n] a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
[n] any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

Synonyms | Synonyms for Creeper: crawler | tree creeper

Related Terms | Find terms related to Creeper: algae | autophyte | bean | bracken | brown algae | climber | conferva | confervoid | diatom | fern | fruits and vegetables | fucus | fungus | grapevine | green algae | gulfweed | herb | heterophyte | ivy | kelp | legume | lentil | liana | lichen | liverwort | mold | moss | mushroom | parasite | parasitic plant | pea | perthophyte | phytoplankton | planktonic algae | plant families | puffball | pulse | red algae | rockweed | rust | saprophyte | sargasso | sargassum | sea lentil | sea moss | sea wrack | seaweed | smut | succulent | toadstool | vetch | vine | wort | wrack

See Also | American creeper | brown creeper | Certhia americana | Certhia familiaris | Certhiidae | European creeper | family Certhiidae | human | individual | mortal | oscine | oscine bird | person | somebody | someone | soul | Tichodroma muriaria | tichodrome | tracheophyte | vascular plant | wall creeper

Creeper In Webster's Dictionary

\Creep"er\ (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton. 2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small bird of the genus {Certhia}, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {C. familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also {tree creeper} and {creeptree}. The American black and white creeper is {Mniotilta varia}. 4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping. 5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph creepers}. 6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons. 7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there. 8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen. 9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See {Crocket}.

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