tailorbird

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noun

A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.

Similar
Orthotomus sutorius
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Meanings

nountailorbird (plural tailorbirds)

plural tailorbirds

  1. A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest

Similar
Orthotomus sutorius
Broader
Old World warblertrue warbler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests.

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Translations

Catalan ocell sastre
  • ocell sastreOrthotomus
Dutch snijdervogel
  • snijdervogelOrthotomus
Esperanto tajlorbirdo
  • tajlorbirdoOrthotomus
Finnish räätäli
  • räätäliOrthotomus
French couturière
  • couturièreOrthotomus
German Schneidervogel
  • SchneidervogelOrthotomus
Hungarian varrómadár
  • varrómadárOrthotomus
Icelandic saumfugl
  • saumfuglOrthotomus
Polish krawczyk
  • krawczykOrthotomus
Russian портни́ха
  • портни́ха (portníxa)Orthotomus
Spanish sastrecillo
  • sastrecilloOrthotomus
Swedish skräddarfågel
  • skräddarfågelOrthotomus
Ukrainian кра́вчик
  • кра́вчик (krávčyk)Orthotomus
Cite this entry
APA

tailorbird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailorbird

MLA

“tailorbird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailorbird. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailorbird,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailorbird.

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