Found 2 hits - Term: cave dweller, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cave \cave\ k=av, 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.
1913 webster
2. any hollow place, or part; a cavity. obs. "the cave of
the ear." --bacon.
1913 webster
3. eng. politics a coalition or group of seceders from a
political party, as from the liberal party in england in
1866. see adullam, cave of, in the dictionary of noted
names in fiction.
webster 1913 suppl.
cave bear zool., a very large fossil bear ursus
spelaeus 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 zool., a fossil hyena found abundanty in
british caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living african spotted hyena.
cave lion zool., a fossil lion found in the caves of
europe, believed to be a large variety of the african
lion.
bone cave. see under bone.
1913 webster
see also:
cage adullam cave of cave bear ursus spelaeus cave dweller
cave hyena cave lion bone cave bone
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cave dweller
n : someone who dwells in a cave syn: caveman, cave man, troglodyte
see also:
caveman cave man troglodyte
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Cave, definition of term: Cave
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Dweller, definition of term: Dweller
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Cave Bear, definition of term: Cave Bear
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Cave Man, definition of term: Cave Man
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