fumarole

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This is an especially large fumarole on the inner wall of the central crater.

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  1. noun A hole in a volcanic area from which hot smoke and gases escape.

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  • As they moved to the third fumarole, the first fired again. —  Ogre Ogre
  • By Saturday, they had confirmed the area was a fumarole, an opening in the earth that emits gases and steam, that was increasing in size at an alarming rate. —  Taipei Times
  • More than that, it's evidence that bolsters their hypothesis that Gusev Crater is a region that eons ago featured hot springs or volcanic fumarole activity, the kind of place where life might have formed. —  Planetary Society Daily Almanac
  • Steam rises from a large fumarole on the north flank of Mount Redoubt in January. —  Signs of the Times
  • This is an especially large fumarole on the inner wall of the central crater. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Italian fumarola, from Late Latin fūmāriolum, smoke hole, diminutive of Latin fūmārium, smoke chamber, from fūmus, smoke.

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  1. from Italian fumaruolo, fumajuolo, a fumarole, from Middle Latin fumariolum, the vent of a chimney, diminutive of Middle Latin fumarium, a chimney, Late Latin a smoke-chamber: see fumarium.
 

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