different between trochil vs trochid

trochil

English

Etymology

From Latin trochilus (probably applied to a wren)

Noun

trochil (plural trochils)

  1. The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius.
    • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique., 2. ed. revised and enlarged.
      The crocodile [] opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding.

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trochid

English

Noun

trochid (plural trochids)

  1. (zoology) Any sea snail of the family Trochidae.

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