creeper

noun

• 1 Botany any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches.

• 2any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees, vegetation, etc..

  • (brown creeper) the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae). (brown creeper)New Zealand a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua (or Finschia) novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae). a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species). a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species).

• 3a low, wheeled platform on which a mechanic lies while working on the underside of a motor vehicle.