Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
   taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
   cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail,
   Retail, Tally, n.]
   1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
      garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
      garments.
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            Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
            wert a man's tailor.                  --Shak.
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   2. (Zool.)
      (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
      (b) The silversides.
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   3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
      --Bartlett.

   Tailor bird (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
      Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
      Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted
      for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
      nests. The common Indian species are Orthotomus
      longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
      coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and
      the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus),
      which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
      and wings pale olive-green.
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