noun
pl. -·li·- any of various Old World birds, esp. warblers
- any of certain hummingbirds
Origin of trochilus
Classical Latin from Classical Greek trochilos, literally , a runner from trechein, to run: see trochetrochilus
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Noun
(plural trochiluses or trochili)
- (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
- (architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.
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Origin
Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird"), from Ancient Greek [script?], to run.
Proper noun
Trochilus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae "” small hummingbirds of Jamaica.
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