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Definition of: trochilus
(trok′ə·ləs) noun plural ·li (-lī)
1. The crocodile bird: also tro·chil (trō′kil, trok′il), troch′i·los (-los).
2. A hummingbird (family Trochilidae).
3. One of various small warblers or warblerlike birds. [<L trochilus a crocodile bird <Gk. trochilos <trechein run]
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