Troglodytes

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Troglodytes \Trog`lo*dy"tes\, n. [NL. See {Troglodyte}.]
     1. (Zool.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.
  
     Note: The chimpanzee is now named {Pan troglodytes}., and its
           genus is {Pan}.
           [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Zool.) A genus of singing birds including the common
        wrens.
        [1913 Webster] Troglodytic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Troglodytes
       n : type genus of the Troglodytidae [syn: {genus Troglodytes}]