trochil
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin trochilus (“a small bird”, probably applied to a wren).
Noun
edittrochil (plural trochils)
- The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
- 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.
- 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique., 2. ed. revised and enlarged.