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

  Trochilos \Troch"i*los\, n. [NL. See {Trochilus}.] (Zool.)
     The crocodile bird, or trochil.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr[o^]k"[-o]*d[imac]l; 277), n. [L.
     crocodilus, Gr. kroko`deilos: cf. F. crocodile. Cf.
     {Cookatrice}.]
     1. (Zool.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of
        several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or
        eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa,
        Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched
        by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the
        Nile ({Crocodilus vulgaris}, or {Crocodilus Niloticus}).
        The Florida crocodile ({Crocodilus Americanus}) is much
        less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The
        name is also sometimes applied to the species of other
        related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.
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     2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have
        been first used by a crocodile.
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     {Crocodile bird} (Zool.), an African plover ({Pluvianus
        [ae]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and
        devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth
        (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.;
        -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of
        ancient writers.
  
     {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical
        sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that
        crocodiles shed tears over their prey.
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