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spelæan, a.|spɪˈliːən|
Also spelean.
[f. mod.L. spelæ-us, f. L. spēlæum, ad. Gr. σπήλαιον cave.]
1. Inhabiting a cave or caves; frequenting caverns; cave-dwelling.
1839G. Roberts Dict. Geol. 161 Spelæan, that frequent caverns. A term applied to the hyæna. 1874Dawkins Cave Hunt. iii. 118 The remains of the spelæan variety of the spotted hyæna were very abundant in the cave⁓earth. a1882Fraser's Mag. (Imp. Dict.), Those primitive spelæan people who contended against and trapped the mammoth.
2. Of the nature of a cave.
1882Owen in Longman's Mag. I. 67 More satisfactorily..than in any other spelæan retreat which I have explored. |