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spe⋅lunk

  [spi-luhngk]
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–verb (used without object)
to explore caves, esp. as a hobby.
Origin:
back formation from spelunker, spelunking

spe⋅lunk⋅er

  [spi-luhng-ker]
–noun
a person who explores caves, esp. as a hobby.
Origin:
1940–45; < L spēlunc(a) cave (≪ Gk spêlynx, s. spēlyng-, akin to splaion; cf. spelaean ) + -er 1

Related forms:
spe⋅lunk⋅ing, noun
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spe·lunk·er   (spĭ-lŭng'kər, spē'lŭng'-)   
n.  One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver.

[From obsolete spelunk, cave, from Middle English, from Old French spelunque, from Latin spēlunca, from Greek spēlunx.]
spe'lunk'ing n.
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