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trochilus
[ trok-uh-luhs ]
trochilus
/ ˈtrɒkɪləs /
noun
- another name for hummingbird
- any of several Old World warblers, esp Phylloscopus trochilus (willow warbler)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trochilus1
1555–65; < Greek tróchilos; trochlea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trochilus1
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
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Example Sentences
I perceive there are more than one species of the motacilla trochilus.
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In the same island is found another species, the Trochilus gigas—a very large bird for so delicate a family.
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I rather think, however, that it is Molina's Trochilus galeritus.
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Crocodiles, intelligence of; the bird trochilus the friend of; customs of, in breeding.
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Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Trochilus colubris), strange death of a; nest of.
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