trochilus

American  

[trok-uh-luhs] / ˈtrɒk ə ləs /

noun

Architecture.

trochili plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• trochili
  plural

Etymology

Origin of trochilus

1555–65; < Greek tróchilos; see trochlea

Example Sentences

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trochilus

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

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

I then recollected an account I had read of a bird on the Nile of that description, which is known by the name of siksak—the trochilus.

From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred

This benefits the crocodile, who is pleased, and takes care not to hurt the trochilus.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

I perceive there are more than one species of the motacilla trochilus: Mr. Derham supposes, in Ray's Philos.

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert