'Troglodyte' definitions:
Definition of 'troglodyte'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Definition of 'Troglodyte'
From: GCIDE
- 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, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. [1913 Webster]
- In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The wren. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'troglodyte'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboriginal,
- aborigine,
- ancient,
- animal,
- antediluvian,
- anthropoid,
- ape-man,
- autochthon,
- barbarian,
- Bronze Age man,
- brute,
- bushman,
- cave dweller,
- caveman,
- fossil man,
- Goth,
- hominid,
- Hominidae,
- humanoid,
- Iron Age man,
- man of old,
- missing link,
- Neanderthal,
- preadamite,
- prehistoric man,
- prehuman,
- primate,
- primitive,
- protohuman,
- savage,
- Stone Age man
Words containing 'Troglodyte'
- Troglodytes,
- Troglodytic,
- Troglodytical,
- troglodytes troglodytes,
- pan troglodytes troglodytes,
- Anthropithecus troglodytes,
- Pan troglodytes,
- Troglodytes Aubryi,
- Troglodytes aedon,
- Troglodytes hiemalis,
- Troglodytes koolokamba,
- Troglodytes niger,
- genus troglodytes,
- pan troglodytes schweinfurthii,
- pan troglodytes verus