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

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

The astragals must be one eighth of the trochilus.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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 Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

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

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