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tailorbird

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tai-lor-bird
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

tailorbirds (plural)

Phrases

dark-necked tailorbird

Synonyms

orthotomus sutorius

Questions

What does tailorbird mean?
A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
Where does tailorbird come from?
From tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests.

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