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palaeocave

palaeocave is the alternative form of paleocave.

Meaning of paleocave

Noun

paleocave (plural paleocaves)

  1. A cave that was inhabited in the distant past, in particular by paleohumans
  2. A formerly-open spelunk that has since filled back in but retains the overall structure as a kind of fossil

Forms of palaeocave

pluralpalaeocaves

Origin of palaeocave

From palaeo- + cave.

Questions about palaeocave

What is palaeocave the alternative form of?
Palaeocave is the alternative form of paleocave.

Words near palaeocave in the dictionary

  1. palaeobotany
  2. palaeoburrow
  3. palaeoburrows
  4. palaeocastorid
  5. palaeocastorids
  6. palaeocave
  7. palaeocaves
  8. palaeoceanographer
  9. palaeoceanographers
  10. palaeoceanographic
  11. palaeoceanographically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeocave (page history and authors); paleocave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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