01 n. 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…
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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.(Ethnol.)“In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the “mad lake.”” — Holland.
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An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.(Zool.)
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The wren.(Zool.)