cliff dweller


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cliff dweller

n.
1. A member of certain Ancestral Puebloan groups of the southwest United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on sheltered ledges in the sides of cliffs.
2. Informal A person who lives in a large apartment house, especially in a city.

cliff dwelling n.
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cliff′ dwell`er


n.
1. (usu. caps.) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S. who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
2. one who lives in a large apartment house.
[1880–85, Amer.]
cliff′ dwell`ing, n.
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Noun1.cliff dweller - a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of cavescliff dweller - 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
Anasazi - a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
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Each is customized to its audience, whether cliff dweller or suburbanite, straphanger or long-distance commuter, office worker or stay-at-home morn.
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The tour begins at the private, members only Cliff Dwellers Club providing stunning views of the lakeshore and city.
Nocturnal monarchs strut around in broad daylight thicket-loving old hermit bucks stand silhouetted on open ridges, and alpine-country cliff dwellers descend to mingle with does in less protected, more accessible habitat.
Some add their own creations to this growing population of small cliff dwellers.
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He locates the novel's imagined alternative to modern capitalism in the racial primitivism associated with the community of the Indian Cliff Dwellers, arguing that the novel forecloses this possibility as Tom's work at the Cliffs Dwellers' city ultimately turns the artifacts he unearths into commodities.
One of the undoubted jewels in Colorado's crown, however, is the Mesa Verde National Park, which allows an authentic - and harumscarum - look into the lives of the ancient cliff dwellers of this area.
Rod Beach is a retired physicist who developed a unique theory about what really happened to these people of the great civilization of the Anasazi who are also known as the Cliff Dwellers. Rod's first book on this subject received excellent reviews and he continues to demonstrate his capability to tell a great story.
Oneof theundoubtedjewels inColorado's crown is the Mesa Verde National Park, whichallowsan authentic look into the lives of the ancient cliff dwellers of this area.You climb ladders and staircases to get your close-up insight into the spectacularly-preserved dwellings that hug the cliffs.