white smoker

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Noun

white smoker (plural white smokers)

  1. (geology, oceanography) A kind of hydrothermal vent that emits lighter-hued minerals than those of a black smoker, such as those containing barium, calcium and silicon.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ smoker.

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