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. An Egyptian plover, of species Pluvianus aegyptius

   Synonyms: trochil, trochilos, ziczac

Translations

Pluvianus aegyptius

• Bambara: bakɔnɔnin
• Dyula: bakɔnɔnin
• Finnish: krokotiilinvartija (fi)
• French: pluvian (fr) m
• Japanese: 鰐千鳥 (わにちどり, wanichidori)
• Russian: крокоди́лов сто́рож m (krokodílov stórož), еги́петский бегуно́к m (jegípetskij begunók)
• Turkish: timsah kuşu