Trochil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trochil is a noun meaning The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
Meaning
The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
Example Sentences
1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique., 2. ed. revised and enlarged. The crocodile […] opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.
Word Forms
- trochils
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trochilos, pluvian, trochilid, trochilus, epiornis, ornithorhynchus.
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