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Seamount

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor and having a peaked or flat-topped summit below the surface of the sea.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A mountain that rises from the floor of the ocean and does not breach the water's surface.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor

Word Usage

"One of the highlights of the 2009 mission was the August 25 discovery of an underwater mountain, known as a seamount, by scientists aboard the Healy."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mountain mount

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guyot

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guyot

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