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
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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 Gilbert White
In the Ionic buildings of Attica the base of the column consists of two tori separated by a trochilus.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
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
The astragals must be one eighth of the trochilus.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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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