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Troglodytes

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Trog`lo`dy´tes
n.1.(Zool.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
2.(Zool.) A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.
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Noun1.TroglodytesTroglodytes - type genus of the Troglodytidae      
genus Troglodytes
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae - wrens
Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren - small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
house wren, Troglodytes aedon - common American wren that nests around houses


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These vile old troglodytes are no longer there; but into their deserted cave another terrible giant has thrust himself, and makes it his business to seize upon honest travellers and fatten them for his table with plentiful meals of smoke, mist, moonshine, raw potatoes, and sawdust.
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