a. Ornith. [f. mod.L. Trochilidæ (f. Trochilus: see next) + -INE1.] Belonging to or characteristic of the family Trochilidæ or humming-birds. So Trochilidist, one who studies the Trochilidæ.
1861. Gould, Trochilidæ, III. Pl. 142. The name of Floresi will also always be held in high regard among Trochilidists for the fine collections of Humming-Birds obtained by him.
1881. Newton, in Encycl. Brit., XII. 358/1, note. ‘Trochilidists’ in giving their measurements do not take these extraordinary developments into account.
1885. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1 Dec., 887. The characters presented in the Trochilidine skeleton.
