Usually means: Explorer of caves for recreation.
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  1. spelunker: Merriam-Webster
  2. spelunker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spelunker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spelunker: Collins English Dictionary
  5. spelunker: Vocabulary.com
  6. Spelunker, spelunker: Wordnik
  7. spelunker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. spelunker: Wiktionary
  9. spelunker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. spelunker: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. spelunker: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. spelunker: Dictionary.com
  13. spelunker: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Spelunker (video game), Spelunker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. spelunker: Rhymezone
  16. spelunker: FreeDictionary.org
  17. spelunker: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. spelunker: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. spelunker: A Word A Day

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  1. Spelunker: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spelunker)

▸ noun:  (Canada, US) One who explores caves; one who spelunks.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) An amateur or inadequately prepared caver.

Similar:
speleologist, potholer, spelaeologist, speleobopper, specker, caveperson, burrower, spooker, noodler, spyal, more...

Opposite:
surface dweller, non-caver, outsider

Types:
potholer, cave diver, caver, sump diver, more...

Colors:
    dark brown,     slate gray,     charcoal,     midnight blue,     moss green, more...
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Similar:
speleologist, potholer, spelaeologist, speleobopper, specker, caveperson, burrower, spooker, noodler, spyal, more...

Opposite:
surface dweller, non-caver, outsider

Types:
potholer, cave diver, caver, sump diver, more...

Colors:
    dark brown,     slate gray,     charcoal,     midnight blue,     moss green, more...



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