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TAILORBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailorbird mean? 

TAILORBIRD (noun)
  The noun TAILORBIRD has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nestplay

  Familiarity information: TAILORBIRD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAILORBIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Orthotomus sutorius; tailorbird

Hypernyms ("tailorbird" is a kind of...):

Old World warbler; true warbler (small active brownish or greyish Old World birds)

Holonyms ("tailorbird" is a member of...):

genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus (tailorbirds)


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