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Troglodytes

noun

type genus of the Troglodytidae

• Syn: ↑genus Troglodytes

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Troglodytidae, ↑family Troglodytidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑winter wren, ↑Troglodytes troglodytes, ↑house wren, ↑Troglodytes aedon

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\\ˌträgləˈdīˌtēz, träˈglädəˌ-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trōglodytēs

1. : a genus of typical wrens including the common wren of the Old World, the American house wren, and related birds

2. in former classifications : a genus comprising the gorilla and chimpanzee and being an invalid homonym of the wren genus

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Troglodytes /-lodˈi-tēz/ noun

The wren genus

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Main Entry: ↑troglodyte

Useful english dictionary. 2012.