See Also: Trochilus(medicine)
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trochilus noun2. . L16.
[Latin from Greek trokhilos, from trekhein run.]
A small Egyptian bird (perh. the crocodile bird Pluvianus aegyptius) said by ancient writers to pick the teeth of crocodiles. Formerly also, any of various small European birds, such as the wren and the water rail. L16.
A hummingbird. Now only as mod. Latin genus name of a Jamaican hummingbird. L17.