hornito
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English
Etymology
Diminutive from Spanish horno (“oven”), Latin furnus. See furnace.
Noun
hornito (plural hornitos or hornitoes)
- (geology) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit.
- 1832, The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt:
- When Humboldt visited this place, the natives assured him that the heat of the hornitos had formerly been much greater. The thermometer rose to 203° when placed in the fissures exhaling aqueous vapour.
Anagrams
Spanish
Noun
hornito m (plural hornitos)