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Continue to the mysterious Voodoo Cave and Hato Caves, filled with ancient stalactites and stalagmites, as well as a colony of harmless fruit bats.—Curaçao Tourist Board, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025 On a seemingly innocuous nature walk to some local caverns, Homer stupidly touches a giant stalactite and opens a hole in the ground through which the family falls.—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024 Honeycombs of metal, or stalactites, Divide the distance into sheer domains.—Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 Visitors can explore its winding pathways and dramatic stalactites.—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stalactite
Word History
Etymology
New Latin stalactites, from Greek stalaktos dripping, from stalassein to let drip
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