hornito

[ hawr-nee-toh; Spanish awr-nee-taw ]

noun

, Geology.

, plural hor·ni·tos [hawr-, nee, -tohz, aw, r, -, nee, -taws].

1. a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.

hornito

/ hôr-nē′tō /

1. A low mound of matter ejected from a volcano, sometimes emitting smoke or vapor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hornito¹

1820–30; < Spanish, equivalent to horn ( o ) oven (< Latin furnus, fornus; furnace ) + -ito diminutive suffix