Link Centre Dictionary

tailorbird

tai·lor·bird

uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

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

Related words

Broader terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.