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spe·lunk·er    Audio Help   [spi-luhng-ker] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a person who explores caves, esp. as a hobby.

[Origin: 1940–45; < L spélunc(a) cave (≪ Gk spêlynx, s. spélyng-, akin to splaion; cf. spelaean) + -er1]

spe·lunk·ing, noun
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spe·lunk·er    Audio Help   (spĭ-lŭng'kər, spē'lŭng'-)  Pronunciation Key 
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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