trochiln.

Forms: Also 1600s -yle.

Etymology: < Latin trochilus.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrochil.

Now historical.

= trochilus n.¹ 1.

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1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. D For the base Trochyle thinketh it no paine, To scowre vile Carion for a savourie gaine.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 He [the crocodile] opens his chaps to let the little Trochil pick his teeth, which give it feeding.

1925 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 197/2 The trochil, the bird that picks crocodiles' teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	trochil
释义	trochiln. Forms: Also 1600s -yle. Etymology: < Latin trochilus.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrochil. Now historical. = trochilus n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > that picks crocodile's teeth trochilus1578 trochil1604 tooth-picker1612 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. D For the base Trochyle thinketh it no paine, To scowre vile Carion for a savourie gaine. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 323 He [the crocodile] opens his chaps to let the little Trochil pick his teeth, which give it feeding. 1925 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 197/2 The trochil, the bird that picks crocodiles' teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1604
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