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excavator

 noun
     
Related topics: Archaeology, Motor Vehicles
ex‧ca‧va‧tor [countable]
1TTC British English a large machine that digs and moves earth and soil [= steam shovel American English]
2SX someone who digs to find things that have been buried under the ground for a long time
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