TROGLODYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Troglodytes mean? 

• TROGLODYTES (noun)
  The noun TROGLODYTES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Troglodytidae

  Familiarity information: TROGLODYTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROGLODYTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Troglodytidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Troglodytes; Troglodytes

Hypernyms ("Troglodytes" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Troglodytes"):

Troglodytes troglodytes; winter wren (small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere)

house wren; Troglodytes aedon (common American wren that nests around houses)

Holonyms ("Troglodytes" is a member of...):

family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)

 Context examples 

Pan troglodytes, an anthropoid ape that inhabits the tropical rain forests of Africa and is used for experimental purposes because of its susceptibility to some human diseases and in behavioral studies because of its high level of intelligence.

(Chimpanzee, NCI Thesaurus)