Trŏg'lo-dȳte, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. troglodyte, It. & Sp. troglodita, Gr. τρωγλοδύτης, one who creeps into holes, from τρώγλη, a hole, cavern, from τρώγειν, to gnaw, and δύω, to enter.] One dwelling in a subterraneous cave; — applied by the ancients to certain tribes living far up the Nile.

In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth, called the “mad lake.” Holland.