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paricutin

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Pa⋅ri⋅cu⋅tín

  [pah-ree-koo-teen]
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–noun
a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 ft. (2500 m).
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Pa·ri·cu·tin   (pä-rē'kōō-tēn')   
A volcano, 2,272.3 m (7,450 ft) high, of west-central Mexico west of Mexico City. It erupted from a cornfield in February 1943 and grew more than 458 m (1,500 ft) in that year alone.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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