trochilus

American  

[trok-uh-luhs] / ˈtrɒk ə ləs /

noun

Architecture.

plural

trochili

1. scotia.

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trochilus British  

/ ˈtrɒkɪləs /

noun

1. another name for hummingbird

2. any of several Old World warblers, esp Phylloscopus trochilus (willow warbler)

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Etymology

Origin of trochilus

1555–65; < Greek tróchilos; trochlea

Example Sentences

Ichneumon, armor of the; outmatched by the trochilus.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

There are also humming-birds, which yet seem to differ from the numerous sorts of this delicate animal already known, unless they be a mere variety of the trochilus colubris of Linnæus.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

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

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

In the Roman form of this base, too often imitated nowadays, the trochilus has too small a diameter.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

A List of the summer birds of passage discovered in this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear: Smallest willow-wren, Linnaei Nomina Motacilla trochilus.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert