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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 nest
Familiarity information: TAILORBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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