Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the Egyptian black-headed plover, Pluvianus œgyptius, one of several plovers which have been supposed to answer to the trochilus of Herodotus: so called from its association with the crocodile. See cut under
Pluvianus .
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- noun The Egyptian plover,
Pluvianus aegyptius
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- noun African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the unsubstantiated traditional belief that crocodiles allow the bird to fly into their open jaws unharmed so that it can clean their teeth or remove leeches.]
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