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noun
A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Orthotomus sutorius
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Broader terms: Old World warbler, true warbler
History
From tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests.
Across languages
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