In zoology|lang=en terms the difference between trochil and trochid
is that trochil is (zoology) the crocodile bird, pluvianus aegyptius while trochid is (zoology) any member of the trochidae.
As nouns the difference between trochil and trochid
is that trochil is (zoology) the crocodile bird, pluvianus aegyptius while trochid is (zoology) any member of the trochidae.
trochil
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(zoology) The crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius .
* 1638 , 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.