tailorbird

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tailorbird

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

noun 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.

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noun Orthotomus

Españolsastrecillo
Françaiscouturière
DeutschSchneidervogel
Русскийпортни́ха portníxa

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"tailorbird." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tailorbird. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tailorbird_2026,
  title = {tailorbird},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tailorbird},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}