cave dweller

collocation in English

meaningsofcaveanddweller

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cave
noun[C]
uk
/keɪv/us
/keɪv/
a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that ...
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dweller
noun
uk
/ˈdwel.ər/us
/ˈdwel.ɚ/
a person who lives in a city, town, ...
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(Definition ofcaveanddwellerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The south branch cave beetle is another endangeredcavedweller.
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It is acavedweller, found at depths of from 5to40 m.
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Roosting habits are not known, but this species is not likely to be acavedweller.
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Some are living like cave dwellers in very badly damaged houses, but they have managed to carry on.
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We are forging a race of cave dwellers, who are bitter and revengeful.
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I suggest it should be spent on an estate which has just come into the hands of the nation, where people are living almost under the conditions of cave dwellers.
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Study of the skeletons gives insight into the cave dwellers' diet as revealed by their teeth, and the environment of that time.
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The colors used by the cave dwellers were prepared by combining manganese, hematite and wooden coal.
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Most of these true cave dwellers have no closely related groups on the open ground.
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Nothing but malice drives this campaign to uproot the few thousand cave dwellers with their babies and lambs.
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These early cave dwellers were efficient consumers of game.
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Fungi which develop on this detritus provide food for many cave dwellers.
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