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crocodile bird en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. An Egyptian plover, of species Pluvianus aegyptius

Forms

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crocodile birds Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

ziczac · trochilos · trochil

Translations (8)

bm bakɔnɔnin (Pluvianus aegyptius) · ru крокоди́лов сто́рож (Pluvianus aegyptius) · ja 鰐千鳥 (Pluvianus aegyptius) · dyu bakɔnɔnin (Pluvianus aegyptius) · tr timsah kuşu (Pluvianus aegyptius) · ru еги́петский бегуно́к (Pluvianus aegyptius) · fi krokotiilinvartija (Pluvianus aegyptius) · fr pluvian (Pluvianus aegyptius)