hydrothermal vent


hydrothermal vent

noun

Definition of HYDROTHERMAL VENT

: a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues

First Known Use of HYDROTHERMAL VENT

1975

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