TROGLODYTE
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Trog"lo*dyte (?), n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. &unr_; one who creeps into holes; &unr_; a hole, cavern (fr. &unr_; to gnaw) + &unr_; enter: cf. F. troglodyte.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
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In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the “mad lake.”
Holland.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) The wren.
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