spelunceanadj.
rare.
= speluncar adj. 2.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [adjective] > cave
cavy?1614
cryptic1617
cavernal1803
speluncean1803
cavernous1833
caverned1847
speluncar1855
spelaean1882
1803 G. S. Faber Diss. Myst. Cabiri II. 380 His opinion, that the ornamented artificial cavern,..and the circular speluncèan temple, were all the legitimate descendants of the Mithratic grotto.
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