tailorbird

tailorbird noun: 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

tailorbird (plural tailorbirds)

A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.

tailorbird meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi

tailorbird in Tamil

தையல்சிட்டு

tailorbird in Urdu

بیا

tailorbird in Telugu

tailorbird, White-throated Munia, Uroloncha malabarica: జీనువ jīnuva

tailorbird in Punjabi

tailorbird: ਦਰਜ਼ੀ ਪੰਛੀ darzī pañchī

Forms of tailorbird

plural	tailorbirds

Origin of tailorbird

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

Words formed from tailorbird

dark-necked tailorbird

Questions about tailorbird

What does tailorbird mean?: Tailorbird means a small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
What is tailorbird in Tamil?: Tailorbird in Tamil is தையல்சிட்டு. See Tailorbird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tailorbird?: Tailorbird is a noun.
What is the plural of tailorbird?: The plural of tailorbird is tailorbirds.

Words near tailorbird in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: tailorbird (page history and authors); tailorbird (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tailorbird (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జీనువ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ਦਰਜ਼ੀ ਪੰਛੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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