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< spelter

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spe·lunk·er

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NOUN:

One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver.

ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete spelunk, cave, from Middle English, from Old French spelunque, from Latin splunca, from Greek splunx

OTHER FORMS:
spelunking(Noun)

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