Tailorbird

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
  2. 2
    tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest wordnet

Synonyms

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orthotomus sutorius

Example

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"Cambodian Tailorbird (Orthotomus chaktomuk), a small, light and dark grey bird with an orange-red tuft, was described by scientists as "hiding in plain sight" in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh when first spotted in 2009."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

dark-necked tailorbird

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