TRO'CHIL, n. [L. trochilus; Gr. to run.] 1. An aquatic bird, a swift runner, with long legs, which is said to get its meat out of the crocodile's mouth.2. A name given to the golden crowned wren.3. In zoology, the humming bird or honeysucker, a kind of beautiful little birds, natives of America.4. In architecture, a hollow ring round a column; called also scotia, and by workmen, the casement.
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