tailorbirdEnglishOxford New American Dictionarytailorbird /ˈtālərˌbərd, ˈteɪlərˌbərd / ▸ noun a small southern Asian warbler that makes a row of holes in one or two large leaves and stitches them together with cottony fibers or silk to form a container for the nest. Genus Orthotomus, family Sylviidae: several species.