noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
2. 2
   a scotia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

scotiascotia

Etymology

From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

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