boomkruiper
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of boom + kruipen + -er. First attested in the eighteenth century. Compare English treecreeper, Norwegian Bokmål trekryper and German Baumläufer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
boomkruiper m (plural boomkruipers, diminutive boomkruipertje n)
- The short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla
- Synonym: gewone boomkruiper
- (more broadly) A treecreeper, bird of the family Certhiidae
- Synonym: echte boomkruiper
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: boomkruiper
Further reading[edit]
- boomkruiper on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
- echte boomkruipers on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl