crocodile bird

English

Pluvianus aegyptius

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. The Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius

Translations

Pluvianus aegyptius

• Finnish: krokotiilinvartija (fi)
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