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. (Zoöl.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (Zoöl.) The wren.