Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dwelling or abode in the hollows of rocks or cliffs: usually applied to those which have been artificially excavated in the solid rock, such as are frequently found in western Asia.
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Examples
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It's a gloomy trend, as far as rock-dwelling reptiles are concerned.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: Slash And Burn To Save Endangered Species? 2009
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Distribution of the rock-dwelling dasyurids Pseudantechinus bilarni and Pseudantechinus ningbing in the Northern Territory.
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I would tell you to go crawl back under the rock you came from, but that would be unfair to the other rock-dwelling creatures.
Blog no more David 2006
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But there were many possible routes to ecopoiesis, many candidate organisms, from rock-dwelling bacteria to alpine mosses.
Spin 2005
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Sometimes he visits his wife in her rock-dwelling by Polansko, where she too is enchanted; and on such occasions the nightly festivities may be seen and heard.
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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The rock-dwelling nearest to the Grotte des Vierges on the left hand was of considerable proportions and pretence.
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The rock-dwelling was commodious, dry, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it cost him no trouble to fashion it, or keep it in repair.
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Sirona withdrew into her rock-dwelling, and Paulus took the body of the dog in his arms to conceal it from the man who was approaching.
Homo Sum — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Sirona withdrew into her rock-dwelling, and Paulus took the body of the dog in his arms to conceal it from the man who was approaching.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Sirona withdrew into her rock-dwelling, and Paulus took the body of the dog in his arms to conceal it from the man who was approaching.
Homo Sum — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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