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

Crocodiles, intelligence of; the bird trochilus the friend of; customs of, in breeding.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Ichneumon, armor of the; outmatched by the trochilus.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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

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 White, Gilbert

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