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trochil

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique., 2. ed. revised and enlarged. The crocodile [...] opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.

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History

Etymology

From Latin trochilus (“a small bird”, probably applied to a wren).