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Meaning of troglodyte

trog•lo•dyte

Pronunciation: (trog'lu-dīt"), [key]
— n.
  1. a prehistoric cave dweller.
  2. a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
  3. a person living in seclusion.
  4. a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
  5. an animal living underground.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
troglobiont trogon