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Webster 1913 Edition

Troglodytes

‖

Trogˊlo-dy′tes

,

Noun.

[NL. See

.]

1.

(Zool.)

A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.

The chimpanzee is now named

Pan troglodytes

.

, and its genus is

Pan

.

2.

(Zool.)

A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.