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Webster 1913 Edition
Troglodyte
Trog′lo-dyte
,Noun.
[L.
troglodytae
, pl., Gr. [GREEK] one who creeps into holes; [GREEK] a hole, cavern (fr. [GREEK] to gnaw) + [GREEK] 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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Troglodyte
TROG'LODYTE
,Noun.