mud volcano
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.
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How to use mud volcano in a sentence
With a final look at the place of the mud volcano the boys turned back toward camp.
Bart Keene's Hunting Days | Allen ChapmanBart led the way toward the mud volcano, the location of which was now well fixed in the minds of the boys.
Bart Keene's Hunting Days | Allen ChapmanThe ford just below the mud volcano was long used by the hunters and trappers who passed up and down the river.
The Yellowstone National Park | Hiram Martin ChittendenAccompanied 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.
Across America by Motor-cycle | C. K. Shepherd
British Dictionary definitions for mud volcano
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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