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The crocodile bird.

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Definitions

  1. n. The crocodile bird.
  2. The crocodile bird. The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.
  3. The crocodile bird.The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick histeeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.