Troglodyte

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  • In archaeology, a troglodyte is any member of a primitive tribe of cave-dwelling people (from the Greek troglodytai, from trogle, "a hole" and dyein, "to enter").
  • Derived from that term, troglodytes are cave-dwelling humanoid monsters in fantasy games such as Dungeons & Dragons or Heroes of Might and Magic (where they look like lizards) and will also appear in related fiction.
  • More recently troglodyte is used to describe a technophobic person; i.e. someone who prefers to hide from the realities of modern life.
  • Troglodyte may also be an elitist pejorative term to refer to non-elites, or those viewed as being of subordinate or inferior culture and belief.
  • Troglodytes is a genus of wrens in the family Troglodytidae.
  • Troglodytes was the original genus for the gorilla, now considered invalid.
  • Pan troglodytes is the Linnaean nomenclature for the species of the Common Chimpanzee.
  • In France, it refers to modern-day persons living in caves carved out of soft rock. In 1900, 5% of the French population was living in such dwellingsTemplate:Fact.
  • In the classic Star Trek series episode The Cloud Minders, a derived term, Troglyte, is used to describe the members of the oppressed mining class who toil on the planet Ardana.
  • Troglodyke (Caveman) was a 1972 disco era pop hit, performed by The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

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