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5 words match “TROCHILI”

TROCHILI n.
A division of birds comprising the humming birds.
TROCHILIC a.
OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. "By art trochilic." Camden.
TROCHILICS n.
The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.
TROCHILIDIST n.
One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.
HUMMING n.
ummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird (Zoöl.), any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not for their very bril…