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; trochlea

Example Sentences

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 Hume, Allan Octavian

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)

The shape of the eggs, as already noticed, varies much, being sometimes longer than those of P. trochilus, and at other times very much of the same rounded shape.

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

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

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