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Trochil
Trochil \Tro"chil\, n. [Cf. F. trochile. See Trochilus.] (Zo["o]l.) The crocodile bird.
The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil
in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.
--Sir T.
Herbert.
Wiktionary
trochil
n. (context zoology English) The crocodile bird, ''Pluvianus aegyptius''.
Usage examples of "trochil".
I found one rare forme of a base, in fashion like a cushion vpon the plynthe whereof stood two trochils or torrules, with an interposition of Hypotracles or shaftes, and Astragals, with a supreame Thore.