crocodile bird
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Egyptian_Plover_%28Pluvianus_aegyptius%29.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Egyptian_Plover_%28Pluvianus_aegyptius%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]The species is one of several plovers doubtfully associated with the "trochilus" bird mentioned in a supposed cleaning symbiosis with the Nile crocodile.
Noun
[edit]crocodile bird (plural crocodile birds)
- An Egyptian plover, of species Pluvianus aegyptius
Translations
[edit]Pluvianus aegyptius
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