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hydrothermal
adjective(hy-dro-ther-mal)
of or relating to hot water —used especially of the formation of minerals by hot solutions rising from a cooling magma
hydrothermal
noun(hy-dro-ther-mal)
a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues

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