Horites

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Horites
     cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves
     which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably
     gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch
     of the Hivites (Gen. 14:6; 36:20-30; 1 Chr. 1:38, 39). They were
     dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people


     gradually became extinct (Deut. 2:12-22).