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cavemate

cavemate noun: one who shares the same cave.

Noun

cavemate (plural cavemates)

  1. One who shares the same cave.
    • The successful bats have been found to regurgitate blood for their unsuccessful cavemates.1992, Val W. Woodward, Human Heredity and Society, page 261

Forms of cavemate

pluralcavemates

Origin of cavemate

From cave + mate.

Questions about cavemate

What does cavemate mean?
Cavemate means one who shares the same cave.
What part of speech is cavemate?
Cavemate is a noun.
What is the plural of cavemate?
The plural of cavemate is cavemates.

Words near cavemate in the dictionary

  1. cavemanish
  2. cavemanlike
  3. cavemanly
  4. cavemannish
  5. cavemanny
  6. cavemate
  7. cavemates
  8. cavemen
  9. cavemouth
  10. cavemouths
  11. cavemovirus

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