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n. - The pastime of exploring caves; The scientific study of caves.

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  • Just so you know, the geological study of caves on Earth or on the Moon or Mars is called speleology.
  • Research has been conducted on flora, fauna, speleology, geomorphology and geology of both territories.
  • Beltane had once had a small bio-speleology department, but when Yain Takuat had died, there had been no replacement for his specialty.
  • More than ever now I wished that the bio-speleology lab had not closed and that I had some reference to what lived naturally in these underground regions.
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