hornito

hornito
/hawr nee"toh/; Sp. /awrdd nee"taw/, n., pl. hornitos /-tohz/; Sp. /-taws/. Geol.
a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
[1820-30; < Sp, equiv. to horn(o) oven ( < L furnus, fornus; see FURNACE) + -ito dim. suffix]

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