Trochilus

·noun The crocodile bird.

II. Trochilus ·noun Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets.

III. Trochilus ·noun A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species.

IV. Trochilus ·noun An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley;

— called also scotia.

trochilus
trŏchĭlus, i, m., = τρόχιλος. I A very small bird , perh. the golden-crested wren , trochil , Pli...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.