Associations to the word «Trochilus»

Wiktionary

TROCHILUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae   — small hummingbirds of Jamaica.
TROCHILUS, noun. (zoology) Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
TROCHILUS, noun. (architecture) An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.

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