Definition of Crocodile bird
(Zool.)
an
African
plover
(
Pluvianus
ægypticus
)
which
alights
upon
the
crocodile
and
devours
its
insect
parasites
,
even
entering
its
open
mouth
(
according
to
reliable
writers
)
in
pursuit
of
files
,
etc
.; -
called
also
Nile bird
.
It
is
the
trochilos
of
ancient
writers
.
See also:
Crocodile
Related Words
courser
,
genus
Pluvianus
,
Pluvianus
,
Pluvianus
aegyptius
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