- the free dictionary. A
troglodyte is a
human cave dweller, from the Gr****
trogle 'hole, mouse-hole' and
dyein 'go in, dive in'.
Troglodyte and
derived forms...
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references allude to
Trogodytes (without the l),
evidently derived from Gr****
trōglē, cave and dytes, divers.
Herodotus referred to the
Troglodytae in his Histories...
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scientific name is
taken from the Gr**** word "troglodytes" (from τρώγλη
troglē "hole", and δῠ́ειν dyein, "creep"),
meaning "hole-dweller", and
refers to...
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scientific name for its
genus is
taken from the Gr**** word
troglodytes (from "
trogle" a hole, and "dyein" to creep),
meaning "cave-dweller", and may
refer to...
- Canada. The
scientific name is
taken from the Gr**** word
troglodytes (from
trogle a hole, and
dyein to creep),
meaning 'cave-dweller', and
refers to its habit...
- Etymology:
Ancient Gr**** τρωγλοδύτες "cave-dwellers" (compare troglodyte), from
trogle (τρώγλη) "hole" +
dyein (δυειν) "to enter". In
reference to the tendency...
