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dweller
(mass) | dweller
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dweller
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Dweller
(gcide) | Dweller \Dwell"er\, n.
An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. "Dwellers at
Jerusalem." --Acts i. 19.
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dweller
(wn) | dweller
n 1: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn:
inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen,
indweller] |
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cave dweller
(encz) | cave dweller, n: |
cliff dweller
(encz) | cliff dweller, n: |
cottage dweller
(encz) | cottage dweller, n: |
dwellers
(encz) | dwellers,obyvatelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
indweller
(encz) | indweller, n: |
island-dweller
(encz) | island-dweller, n: |
Cave dweller
(gcide) | Cave \Cave\ (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea
cavity. Cf. Cage.]
1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
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2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of
the ear." --Bacon.
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3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a
political party, as from the Liberal party in England in
1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
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Cave bear (Zool.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus
spel[ae]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
common in European caves.
Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
place was a cave. --Tylor.
Cave hyena (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living African spotted hyena.
Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
lion.
Bone cave. See under Bone.
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Dweller
(gcide) | Dweller \Dwell"er\, n.
An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. "Dwellers at
Jerusalem." --Acts i. 19.
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Indweller
(gcide) | Indweller \In"dwell`er\n.
An inhabitant. --Spenser.
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Lake dwellers
(gcide) | Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.
Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.
Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
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Lake-dweller
(gcide) | Lake-dweller \Lake"-dwell`er\, n.
See Lake dwellers, under Lake.
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Outdweller
(gcide) | Outdweller \Out"dwell`er\, n.
One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [Eng.]
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bottom-dweller
(wn) | bottom-dweller
n 1: a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of
water [syn: bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller] |
cave dweller
(wn) | cave dweller
n 1: someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man,
cave dweller, troglodyte] |
cliff dweller
(wn) | cliff dweller
n 1: a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern
United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges
in the sides of caves |
cottage dweller
(wn) | cottage dweller
n 1: someone who lives in a cottage [syn: cottager, {cottage
dweller}] |
indweller
(wn) | indweller
n 1: activation by an inner spirit or force or principle; "the
Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members"
2: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn: inhabitant,
habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller] |
island-dweller
(wn) | island-dweller
n 1: an inhabitant of an island [syn: islander, {island-
dweller}] |
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