Meaning & use
guyot
A flat-topped underwater mountain rising from the ocean floor, formed by an eroded extinct volcano.
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Sonar mapping revealed a guyot nearly two kilometers below the surface of the Pacific.
Geologists study guyots to understand how volcanic islands erode and sink over millions of years.
A note on using this word
The term guyot is named after the geologist Arnold Guyot and is used mainly in oceanography and geology.
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