trochilus

[ trok-uh-luhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Architecture.

, plural troch·i·li [trok, -, uh, -lahy].

trochilus

/ ˈtrɒkɪləs /

See hummingbird
another name for hummingbird
any of several Old World warblers, esp Phylloscopus trochilus (willow warbler)

1555–65; < Greek tróchilos; trochlea

C16: via Latin from Greek trokhilos name of a small Egyptian bird said by ancient writers to pick the teeth of crocodiles, from trekhein to run

I perceive there are more than one species of the motacilla trochilus.

In the same island is found another species, the Trochilus gigas—a very large bird for so delicate a family.

I rather think, however, that it is Molina's Trochilus galeritus.

Crocodiles, intelligence of; the bird trochilus the friend of; customs of, in breeding.

Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Trochilus colubris), strange death of a; nest of.

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