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Meaning of TROCHIL

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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