Egyptian plover to feed on decaying meat lodged between the crocodiles' teeth. The identification of the trochilus with any particular plover is doubtful, as is the cleaning symbiosis itself; no known photographic evidence exists, and the written accounts are considered suspect by the biologist Thomas Howell. Egyptian plover The Egyptian plover ("Pluvianus aegyptius"), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus "Pluvianus". Formerly placed in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae, it is now regarded as the sole member of its own monotypic family Pluvianidae. The species is one of several plovers doubtfully associated with
HMS Plover (M26) HMS Plover (M26) HMS "Plover" was a coastal minelayer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. She laid over 15,000 mines during World War II and remained on active duty until she was sold for scrap in 1969. "Plover" displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . Steam for the engines was provided by two water-tube boilers. "Plover" carried