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

a cone-shaped mound formed from fine mud ejected, with gases and water, from hot springs, geysers, etc, in volcanic regions

First recorded in 1810–20

With a final look at the place of the mud volcano the boys turned back toward camp.

Bart led the way toward the mud volcano, the location of which was now well fixed in the minds of the boys.

The ford just below the Mud Volcano was long used by the hunters and trappers who passed up and down the river.

Accompanied with a violent noise, as on the eruption of a small mud-volcano, the upheaved earth is hurled high into the air.

It is a mud volcano—an uncommon sight, and formed by the ejection of sand under pressure from below the surface of the earth.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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