What Does Spelunker Mean?

What Does Spelunker Mean?

Spelunker is a 1983 platform video game developed by Timothy G. Martin of MicroGraphic Image. It is set in a colossal cave, with the player starting at the cave's entrance at the top, and the objective is to get to the treasure at the bottom.

What is a spelunker in English?

English Language Learners Definition of spelunker

: a person who explores and studies caves as a hobby.

What is Spelunker called?

A spelunker is an explorer of caves. ... This word may seem to have German written all over it but it's actually Latinate: from spelunk, meaning "cave." The word designates an explorer of caves and is used mostly in American English, in preference to the more technical and refined speleologist.

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