| Noun | 1. | Dendrocolaptidae - woodhewers or woodcreepers bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings suborder Tyranni, Tyranni - New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers Dendrocolaptes, genus Dendrocolaptes - type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae woodcreeper, wood-creeper, woodhewer, tree creeper - any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers |