trochilus

American  

[trok-uh-luhs] / ˈtrɒk ə ləs /

noun

Architecture.

plural

trochili

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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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

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

The astragals must be one eighth of the trochilus.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The texture of the egg is similar to that of P. trochilus, with scarcely any gloss.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

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