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trochil

trochil noun: the crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.

Noun

trochil (plural trochils)

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

Forms of trochil

pluraltrochils

Origin of trochil

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

Questions about trochil

What does trochil mean?
Trochil means the crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
What part of speech is trochil?
Trochil is a noun.
What is the plural of trochil?
The plural of trochil is trochils.

Words near trochil in the dictionary

  1. Trochezes
  2. trochi
  3. trochid
  4. trochids
  5. trochiform
  6. trochil
  7. trochili
  8. trochilic
  9. trochilics
  10. trochilid
  11. trochilidine

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