Dots in the ocean (5)
I believe the answer is:
isles
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dots in the ocean</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for isles that I've seen before include "Eyots" , "eg the Scillies" , "eg Fiji and Tonga" , "Hebrides, perhaps" , "Hebrides, for example" .)