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tailorbird

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tailorbird /ˈteɪləbəːd /
noun a small southern Asian warbler that makes a row of holes in one or two large leaves and stitches them together with cottony fibres or silk to form a container for the nest.
Genus Orthotomus, family Sylviidae: several species.