black smoker


black smoker

noun

Definition of BLACK SMOKER

: a vent in a geologically active region of the sea floor from which issues superheated water laden with minerals (as sulfide precipitates); also : a rock chimney covering such a vent

First Known Use of BLACK SMOKER

1980

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