Hypertext Webster Gateway: "troglodyte"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Troglodyte \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. (Zo["o]l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wren.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
troglodyte
n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {recluse}, {solitary},
{solitudinarian}]
2: someone who dwells in a cave [syn: {caveman}, {cave man}, {cave
dweller}]
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