Found 2 items, similar to troglodyte.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: troglodyte troglodyte n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian] 2: someone who dwells in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Troglodyte 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. (Zo["o]l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The wren. [1913 Webster]