Troglodytes

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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