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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A type of hydrothermal vent having a characteristic black color due to the compounds of iron and sulfide that precipitate from the dark, billowing plumes of superheated iron-rich water released by the vent.

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