trochilus
Americannoun
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trochili
plural
noun
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another name for hummingbird
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any of several Old World warblers, esp Phylloscopus trochilus (willow warbler)
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Etymology
Origin of trochilus
1555–65; < Greek tróchilos; see trochlea
Example Sentences
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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 Alfred Pearse
Ichneumon, armor of the; outmatched by the trochilus.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Frequently they are more pointed at the smaller end than those of P. trochilus usually are.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
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 Gilbert White
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 Frank Bigelow Tarbell
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