crocodile bird

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English

Pluvianus aegyptius
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Etymology

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

Noun

crocodile bird (plural crocodile birds)

  1. An Egyptian plover, of species Pluvianus aegyptius
    Synonyms: trochil, trochilos, ziczac

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