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trochilus

[ trok-uh-luhs ]

noun

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


trochilus

/ ˈtrɒkɪləs /

noun

  1. another name for hummingbird
  2. any of several Old World warblers, esp Phylloscopus trochilus (willow warbler)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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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