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# tailorbird

noun (a tailorbird, tailorbirds)

«tailorbird» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A tailorbird is a small bird of tropical Asia, such as India and Southeast Asia, that makes its nest by sewing leaves together with plant fibres or spider silk, using its sharp beak like a needle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons tailorbirds are a famous example of animal behaviour and adaptation: they pierce holes in the edges of large leaves and pull threads through to make a cup, then build the nest inside. They are small, often green with a reddish cap and an upright tail. They also appear in Rudyard Kipling's story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (Darzee the tailorbird).

### Examples

- A tailorbird sews leaves together to hide its nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x1)
- The tailorbird uses its beak like a needle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x2)
- Tailorbirds live in gardens and forests in India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x3)
- The tailorbird's nest is hidden inside a leafy cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x4)
- In "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", Darzee is a tailorbird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x5)
- Tailorbirds use spider silk as thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x6)
- We watched a video of a tailorbird stitching a nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x7)
- It was Darzee, the Tailorbird, and his wife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/#x8)

### Note

One word: tailorbird. Plural: tailorbirds. Named after a tailor, a person who sews clothes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tailorbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailorbird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tailorbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tailorbird.html) on Mova free.