Troglodytes

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See also: troglodytes

Translingual

nest of Troglodytes troglodytes

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, one who dwells in holes), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, hole) + δύω (dúō, I get into)

Proper noun

Troglodytes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Troglodytidae – a number of songbirds, including the wren.
  2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a former genus, now synonymized with Pan.

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