creeper

Significado de creeper

n.

Trepadeira, réptil.

n.

One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
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.
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.
A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.
A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
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.
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.
Crockets. See Crocket

n.

vascular plant generic term, tracheophyte generic term noun, crawler, person generic term, individual generic term, someone generic term, somebody generic term, mortal generic term, soul generic term noun, tree creeper, oscine generic term, oscine bird generic term

Vogais: eee

Consoantes: crpr

Palavras Parecidas

crepe paper, carper, chirper, crapper, cropper, crouper, crupper, croupier, carver, craber.