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De - Pt| English Dictionary: cave dweller | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cave \Cave\ (k[amac]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. {Cage}.] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] [bd]The cave of the ear.[b8] --Bacon. {Cave bear} (Zo[94]l.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus spel[91]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. {Cave dweller}, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. --Tylor. {Cave hyena} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. {Cave lion} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. {Bone cave}. See under {Bone}. | |
