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Webster 1913 Edition
Troglodytes
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1.
(Zool.)
A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
The chimpanzee is now named
, and its genus is Pan troglodytes
.Pan
.2.
(Zool.)
A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.
Definition 2024
Troglodytes
Troglodytes
See also: troglodytes
Translingual
Proper noun
Troglodytes m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Troglodytidae – a number of songbirds, including the wren.
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a former genus, now synonymized with Pan.
See also
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
troglodytes
troglodytes
See also: Troglodytes
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “I get into”).
Adjective
troglodytes
- That inhabits caves
Descendants
- Translingual: Homo troglodytes, Pan troglodytes