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Definition of: troglodyte
(trog′lə·dīt) noun
1. A prehistoric cave man.
2. Figuratively, a hermit; anyone of primitive or degenerate habits.
3. An anthropoid ape, as the gorilla.
4. The wren. [<L troglodyta <Gk. trōglodytēs <trōglē a hole + dyein go into]
—trog′lo·dyt′ic (-dit′ik), trog′lo·dyt′i·cal adjective
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