Creeper vs Synallaxine - What's the difference?
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A person or a thing who crawls or creeps.
* Burton
Often in plural, a one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
A metal plate with spikes]], designed to be worn with shoes to prevent [[slip, slipping.
A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
(chiefly, in the plural) A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus .
* 1964 , (William Golding), (Lord of the Flies)
A treecreeper.
(nautical) A small, four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
The lowest gear of a tractor or truck, also creeper gear, creeper shift.
A low-profile, wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
(pejorative, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various twentieth-century subcultures.
(zoology) Having the outer and middle toes partially united; said of certain birds related to the creepers.
(Webster 1913)
As a noun creeper
is a person or a thing who crawls or creeps.As an adjective synallaxine is
(zoology) having the outer and middle toes partially united; said of certain birds related to the creepers.creeper
English
Noun
(en noun)- Standing waters are most unwholesome, full of mites, creepers ; slimy, muddy, unclean.
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.