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mud volcano
noun
- a vent in the earth's surface through which escaping gas and vapor issue, causing mud to boil and occasionally to overflow, forming a conical mound around the vent.
mud volcano
noun
- a cone-shaped mound formed from fine mud ejected, with gases and water, from hot springs, geysers, etc, in volcanic regions
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mud volcano1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences
With a final look at the place of the mud volcano the boys turned back toward camp.
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Bart led the way toward the mud volcano, the location of which was now well fixed in the minds of the boys.
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The ford just below the Mud Volcano was long used by the hunters and trappers who passed up and down the river.
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Accompanied with a violent noise, as on the eruption of a small mud-volcano, the upheaved earth is hurled high into the air.
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It is a mud volcano—an uncommon sight, and formed by the ejection of sand under pressure from below the surface of the earth.
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