seamountnoun [ C ]
/ˈsiː.maʊnt//ˈsiː.maʊnt/specializeda mountain under the sea:
As many as 100,000 seamounts are submerged under the ocean.
He has dived to seamounts with summits more than 3,000 feet down.
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- The group was studying seamounts in the ocean south of New Caledonia.
- Waves break when they hit an underwater obstruction like a reef or seamount.
- These fish live in the open ocean and return to the seamounts to breed.
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