TROGLODYTES

Troglodytes, genus Troglodytes

(noun) type genus of the Troglodytidae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

troglodytes

plural of troglodyte

Source: Wiktionary


Trog`lo*dy"tes, n. Etym: [NL. See Troglodyte.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.

TROGLODYTE

Trog"lo*dyte, n. Etym: [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. troglodyte.]

1. (Ethnol.)

Definition: One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." Holland.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The wren.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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