The streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the Trochilidae family. Today most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate species, but some (e.g. AOU) continue to treat them as conspecific, in which case scitulus is a subspecies of T. polytmus. A wide range of commo...
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[mythology] In Greek mythology, Trochilus (Τρόχιλος) was the son of Callithyia (equated with Io `Callithyessa` in her role of the priestess of the Argive Hera). Some traditions credited either him or his mother with invention of the chariot. Tertullian informs that Trochilus (if indeed it was him, and not Erichthonius, who invented ...
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• (n.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia. • (n.) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species. • (n.) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. • (n.) The crocodile bird.
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1. <ornithology> A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species. Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. ... The crocodile bird. ... 2. An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; called also scotia. ... Origin: L.trochilus a kind of small bird. Gr, fr. To run. ... Source: Websters D...
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In architecture a trochilus or scotia is an annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley.
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