hornito


hor·ni·to

H0279300 (hôr-nē′tō)n. pl. hor·ni·tos A low mound of volcanic origin, sometimes emitting smoke or vapor.
[Spanish, diminutive of horno, oven, from Latin furnus; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]

hornito

(hɔːˈniːtəʊ) n, pl -tos (Geological Science) geology a low mound of volcanic matter that forms when lava is forced up through an opening in the cooled surface of a flow[C19: Spanish, literally: a little oven, from horno oven, furnace]