tailorbird

«tailorbird» in Mova's school dictionary: a small bird of tropical Asia, such as India and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tailorbird, tailorbirds)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 →
• The tailorbird uses its beak like a needle. tree →
• Tailorbirds live in gardens and forests in India. tree →
• The tailorbird's nest is hidden inside a leafy cup. tree →
• In "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", Darzee is a tailorbird. tree →
• Tailorbirds use spider silk as thread. tree →
• We watched a video of a tailorbird stitching a nest. tree →
• It was Darzee, the Tailorbird, and his wife. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• The tailorbird pokes holes in leaves and pulls plant fibres or spider silk through them to sew a leaf cup round its nest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tailorbird» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.