Home › Words › T › tailorbirdtailorbirdtailorbird means A small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.EtymologyFrom tailor + bird, from the way they sew leaves to make their nests.nounA small warbler of the genera Orthotomus and Phyllergates, usually brightly coloured, with green or grey upperparts and yellow white or grey underparts.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).