trochilus

Any member of the hummingbird genus Trochilus.
An annular moulding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; a scotia.

scotia moulding

From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

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