1. Type genus of the Troglodytidae
   - genus Troglodytes

1. Someone who lives in a cave
   "Archaeologists discovered tools used by troglodytes thousands of years ago";
   - cave dweller
    
2. One who lives in solitude
   "The troglodyte preferred the quiet of his remote cabin to the bustle of city life";
   - hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian [rare]
    
3. [informal] An unsophisticated, brutish, or deliberately ignorant person
   "He dismissed his critics as troglodytes who couldn't understand modern art";
   - trog [Brit, informal]

Type of: bird genus, lone hand [informal], lone wolf, loner, primitive, primitive person

Part of: family Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae

Encyclopedia: Troglodytes