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sea⋅quake

  [see-kweyk]
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–noun
an agitation of the sea caused by a submarine eruption or earthquake.
Origin:
1670–80; sea + (earth)quake
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sea·quake   (sē'kwāk')   
n.  An earthquake originating under the sea floor.

[sea + (earth)quake.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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