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wallcreeper

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈwɔːlkɹiːpə/

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noun

Meaning 1

A passerine bird of species Tichodroma muraria, closely related to the nuthatches, breeding in temperate Asia, found more widely in much of temperate Eurasia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From wall + creeper.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: zvarritës krahëkuq — Tichodroma muraria
  • Asturian: llastrina — Tichodroma muraria
  • Bulgarian: скалолазка (skalolazka) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Catalan: pela-roques — Tichodroma muraria
  • Czech: zedníček — Tichodroma muraria
  • Finnish: kalliokiipijä — Tichodroma muraria
  • French: tichodrome échelette — Tichodroma muraria
  • German: Mauerläufer — Tichodroma muraria
  • Hungarian: hajnalmadár — Tichodroma muraria
  • Japanese: 壁走 (kabe-bashiri) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Korean: 나무타기사촌 (namutagisachon) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Macedonian: карпола́зачка (karpolázačka) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Romanian: fluturaș de stâncă — Tichodroma muraria
  • Russian: стенола́з (stenoláz) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Russian: краснокры́лый стенола́з (krasnokrýlyj stenoláz) — Tichodroma muraria
  • Spanish: treparriscos — Tichodroma muraria
  • Welsh: dringwr muriau — Tichodroma muraria