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trochils

trochils is the plural of trochil.

Meaning of trochil

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.

Questions about trochils

What is trochils the plural of?
Trochils is the plural of trochil.

Words near trochils in the dictionary

  1. trochilidists
  2. trochilids
  3. trochiline
  4. trochilos
  5. trochiloses
  6. trochils
  7. trochilus
  8. trochiluses
  9. trochin
  10. troching
  11. trochings

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