Trochil

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trochil \Tro"chil\, n. [Cf. F. trochile. See {Trochilus}.]
     (Zool.)
     The crocodile bird.
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           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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