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sunspot

noun sun·spot \-ˌspät\

astronomy : a dark spot that sometimes appears on the surface of the sun

Full Definition of SUNSPOT

:  any of the dark spots that appear at times on the sun's surface and are usually visible only through a telescope
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First Known Use of SUNSPOT

1868

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