Seamount

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  • noun. An underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor and having a peaked or flat-topped summit below the surface of the sea.
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  • noun. A mountain that rises from the floor of the ocean and does not breach the water's surface.
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  • noun. 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."
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