Meaning

1 senses

  1. A flat-topped seamount.

More definitions
  • a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean)

Origin

Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the

Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the flat-topped geology building at Princeton University, which was in turn named after Swiss-American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot.

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Forms

plural: guyots
Singularguyot
Pluralguyots

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gutturalguyA1guzzleguzzlergymB1

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