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(hī′drə fōn′)

noun

an instrument for detecting, and registering the distance and direction of, sound transmitted through water

Origin: hydro- + -phone

See hydrophone in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An electrical instrument for detecting or monitoring sound under water.

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