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Definition of Troglodytes
1. Noun. Type genus of the Troglodytidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae
Member holonyms: Troglodytes Troglodytes, Winter Wren, House Wren, Troglodytes Aedon
Definition of Troglodytes
1. n. A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
Definition of Troglodytes
1. Noun. (plural of troglodyte) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Troglodytes
1. troglodyte [n] - See also: troglodyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troglodytes
Literary usage of Troglodytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Troglodytes. Example, Troglodytes européens ... troglodytes, Linn.
Description.—Male.—Upper parts brown, marked with very narrow transverse stripes, ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"The ancients mention some tribes of troglodytes in Asia, ^Ethiopia and Egypt,
... Troglodytes is also the name of an ancient heretical sect, who, ..."
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