English Explanatory Dictionary

crocodile bird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Egyptian plover, of species Pluvianus aegyptius

Word forms

crocodile bird crocodile birds

Etymology

The species is one of several plovers doubtfully associated with the "trochilus" bird mentioned in a supposed cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile.

Synonyms

trochil trochilos ziczac
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