"blue hole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue hole (plural blue holes)
  1. A submarine cave or sinkhole, a roughly circular, steep-walled depression that is typically anoxic below a certain depth. Wikipedia link: blue hole
    Sense id: en-blue_hole-en-noun-PycEush7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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