Trog"lo*dyte (?), n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. one who creeps into holes; a hole, cavern (fr. to gnaw) + enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
1. Ethnol.
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. Zool.
An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. Zool.
The wren.
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