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Topic: ANTHROPOLOGY

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: troglodytae (plural), from Greek, from trogle 'hole, cave' + dyein 'to enter'

troglodyte

 noun
     
trog‧lo‧dyte [countable]
SA someone who lived in a cave in prehistoric times
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