trochil (plural trochils)
The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
Source: Wiktionary
Tro"chil, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trochile. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 February 2025
(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
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