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fumarole

noun

  1. An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.

    Masaya did not offer an opportunity to sample high-temperature fumaroles, but its neighbors, Momotombo and Cerro Negro volcanoes, are noted for their fumarolic activity

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian fumarola. Likely a doublet of femerell. By surface analysis, fume + -ar + -ola.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fumarole (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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