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troglodytetrog‧lo‧dyte /ˈtrɒɡlədaɪt $ ˈtrɑːɡ-/ noun [countable] ![](img/spkr_b.png) troglodyteOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin troglodytae (plural), from Greek, from trogle ‘hole, cave’ + dyein ‘to enter’ - I was two stages below a troglodyte.
- They would all be troglodytes before the war was over, thought Lucinda, with eyes that stood out on little stalks.
- This scurrying around like troglodytes is enough to depress anyone.
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