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trochil
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trochil, n. [Cf. F. trochile. See Trochilus.].
The crocodile bird. [1913 Webster]
"The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding." [1913 Webster]
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